 ... is to be beaten with the great Maul, he holds it, still sitting upon his Stool, and they must hammer it themselves, he only with his little Hammer knocking it sometimes into fashion. And if it be any thing to be filed, he makes them go themselves...  The Indian Craftsman - Page 58by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy - 1909 - 130 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Knox - Ceyton - 1911 - 590 pages
...thing to be filed, he makes them go themselves and grind it upon a Stone, that his labour of fileing may be the less ; and when they have done it as well...else. And if they should, that Smith is liable to pay Dammages that should do work for any in another Smith's Jurisdiction. 1681. 1681. All that are of any... | |
 | Hugh George Rawlinson - India - 1913 - 274 pages
...knocking it into fashion. . . . That which makes these smiths so stately is because the townspeople are compelled to go to their own smith and none else....should work for any in another smith's jurisdiction." 1 What a contrast this picture affords to the position of the craftsman of to-day ! held a position... | |
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