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| 23 | 241 | In View more quotes about moments">moments, using this crude saw, or cutting tool, we had cut through the bark of the log and had begun, rhythmically, to gash and splinter the harder wood beneath. |
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| 23 | 238 | "I see," said Kisu, "but this is an inefficient tool". |
| 23 | 239 | "You could ask the askaris for a better," I suggested. |
| 23 | 240 | We then began, smoothly and firmly, exerting heavy, even pressures, to draw the chain back and forth under the log. |
| 23 | 241 | In moments, using this crude saw, or cutting tool, we had cut through the bark of the log and had begun, rhythmically, to gash and splinter the harder wood beneath. |
| 23 | 242 | The spacing and twisting of the links, in the motion of the metal, served well in lieu of teeth. |
| 23 | 243 | There was an occasional squeak of the metal on the wet wood but the work, for the most part, was accomplished silently, the sound being concealed under the surface of the water. |
| 23 | 244 | It was a mistake on the part of the askaris to have left us in neck chains in a cage mounted on a log platform. |