4. African blacksmiths made
hoes, spears, and knives.
George French Angas painted
a Zulu smithy in r848 . The
principal blacksmith works a
pair of leather bellows. The
bellows are connected by
elands' horns with a day tube
that is thrust into a charcoal
fire, where a white heat is kept
up while the iron softens. The
blacksmith's assistant removes
the heated lumps of iron with
a pair of forceps to a flat
stone, where another man
beats it into shape .
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the print version of this title.]