He nailed it, with the hair out, not having time to tan it, to two flat pieces of wood, with holes in them; to this he added a reed for the pipe; he then fixed it by means of a long cord and a post, to the side of his fire, and Jack, with his hand or his foot, blew the fire, so that the iron was speedily red hot, and quite malleable.

I then showed them how to twist the iron into a screw,--rather clumsy, but which would answer the purpose tolerably well.

At one end they formed a ring, in which we placed a piece of wood transversely, to enable them to turn the screw.
We then made a trial of it.

We placed a tree on two props, and Fritz and I managed the auger so well, that we had our tree pierced through in a very little time, working first at one end and then at the other.

Jack, in the mean time, collected the shavings we made, which he deposited in the kitchen for his mother's use, to kindle the fire.