fountain-pipe

Updated: May 22, 2025

If a bamboo stem be cut off just below the joint, and its lower edge be split up into a cogged rim, it makes, when the partition of the joint is punched out, an earth-auger, a fountain-pipe, and many things of the kind. The atmosphere is so equitably warm that one would gladly dispense with all clothing except a sun-hat and a pair of light shoes.

Tomás de Comyn - The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes