...buckskin, over the hollow of a hammer-stone (Fig. 6) or the palm of the left hand, pressing it downward along the edges at nearly right angles, and always...edges until they caught in the point or blade of the bodkiu, and twistingly wrenching them off by a most dextrous motion, which I can exhibit, but not adequately...

...buckskin, over the hollow of a hammer-stone (Fig. 6) or the palm of the left hauil, pressing it downward along the edges at nearly right angles, and always...holding it edge up between the thumb, and all the flugers of the left hand and freely flaking it, with the rod held in the right hand (Fig. 7), with...

...skin, over the hollow of м hammer-stone (Fig. 6) or the palm of the left baud, pressing it downward along the edges at nearly right angles, and always...length, or else by holding it edge up between the thumb, aud all the fingers of the left hand aud freely flaking it, with the rod held in the right hand (Fig....

...thumb and all the fingers of the left hand and freely flaking it, with the rod held in the right hand, with handle braced against the ribs for steadying,...until they caught In the point or blade of the bodkin, und twistingly wrenching them off by a most dextrous motion, which I can exhibit but not adequately...

...folded buckskin, over the hollow of a hammer stone or the palm of the left hand, pressing it downward along the edges at nearly right angles, and always slantingly to its length, or else holding it edge up between the thumb and all the fingers of the left hand and freely flaking it, with...