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A FIRE-LIGHTING HINT
Cinders soaked in kerosene make the best possible fire-lighters. It is a splendid idea to keep a little oil in an old fruit tin and each day to pop half a dozen fair-sized cinders into this. In the morning the cinders are taken out and used for starting the fire. No paper, and hardly any wood, will be required where the oil-soaked cinders are employed. Six or eight of these cinders are quite sufficient in an emergency to boil a small kettle, and this is a much cheaper way of getting hot water than putting the kettle on the gas. The actual amount of kerosene used is very trifling, far less than might be supposed. In fact there are no cheaper fire-lighters than cinders saturated in oil.
The Examiner, 1932
Rowland opened his eyes. It took him a couple of minutes to
