Item 02: Frank Hurley war diary, 28 October 1917-24 January 1918 - Page 61
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bow, the string of which was carried in a loop around the end of the work. The turner with his right hand also assisted the lad, whilst his left and a big toe held the turning Gouge. The work however produced by this primitive device equalled anything that a modern machine might do. Time is of little importance to these people, and so their wages are but trifling, they may spend weeks on a small piece of metalwork which when completed, will bring them in a pound or less. Every turn a new picture is presented; every shop is a picture, every face a study: And the colors! Look how the evening sun blazons that mosque dome and spires. See how it reflects in the pools made by the morning's rain. How quaint and beautifully oriental it all is. Make way! Make way! Oh my mother, to the right! Father