The bellows, which is peculiar, and believed to have been in use at the time of _Pajajáran_ and _Majapáhit_, and of which a representation sculptured in stone was found in the recently discovered ruins at _Suku_ (which bear date in the fourteenth century of the Javan æra), appears to be the same as that described by Dampier[51], in his account of _Majindánao_ and the neighbouring islands. "Their bellows," says this faithful and intelligent traveller, "are much different from ours. They are made of a wooden cylinder, the trunk of a tree, about three feet long, bored hollow like a pump, and set upright on the ground, on which the fire itself is made. Near the lower end there is a small hole in the side of the trunk next the fire, made to receive a pipe, through which the wind is driven by a great bunch of fine feathers fastened to one end of the stick, which closing up the inside of the cylinder, drives the air out of the cylinder through the pipe. Two of these trunks or cylinders are placed so nigh together, that a man standing between them may work them both at once, alternately, one with each hand." This account so exactly corresponds with the Javan bellows, that no further description is necessary. The Chinese bellows are partially used. The wages of a man skilled in iron-work are sometimes as high as a rupee a day. Cutlery of every description is made by the smith. The most important manufacture of this kind is the _krís_, or dagger, of the peculiar form well known to be worn by all the more civilized inhabitants of the Eastern Islands. The price of a _krís_ blade, newly manufactured, varies from half a rupee to fifty dollars; but the same _krís_, if it is of good character, and if its descent can be traced for three or four generations, is frequently prized at ten times that sum. A _pándi_ employed to manufacture a good _krís_ blade, if the materials are furnished, is paid three dollars for the job. The manufacture of sheaths or scabbards (_sárong_) for the krís constitute an exclusive profession; and the manufacturers are called _túkang meráng'gi_, or _mergóngso_. These men attend at the public market, where they occupy a particular quarter, in which may be seen people employed in the finishing or repair of every part of the mounting necessary for this instrument; some upon the handle, others upon the sheath; some in applying the paint and lacquer, others attending with a preparation of acids and arsenic for cleaning the blade, and bringing out the appearance of the _pámur_, a white metal obtained from _Biliton_ and Celebes, which is worked up with the iron, in order to produce the damasked appearance of the blade.