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Re: Lighting Fires with Pistols
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"Marcus W. Koechig" <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 26 Feb 1997 14:58:33 -0500
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At 11:33 AM 2/26/97 -0600, you wrote:
>In _Roughing It_, Twain and friends attempt to light a fire with a pistol,
>on the basis of having read that this works in books.  Does anyone have
>any idea what book or books demonstrate such "knowledge"?  He must be
>thinking of at least one specific passage in one specific book ...  any
>guesses?

Just a guess here, but it sounds like dime-novel stuff to me. I've camped
all my life and nothing beats a little Ronsonol and a match.

Marcus W. Koechig

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