He needed men for his army, smiths for his forges, cooks, hunters, healers, servants, woodcutters, stonemasons and more. |
The smiths, resplendent in the full panoply of Tuareg costume, had organised a dance in a dusty street that backed onto the hotel kitchen. |
Behind the man Drillian could see a couple of the smiths hammering red-hot chunks of metal. |
Small-scale manufacturers also often relied on local smiths to provide the iron parts they required, be it mill irons or parts for vehicles. |
Understandably, the smiths began to flag towards the end of the afternoon, for it was a hot day to be working orange hot iron. |
As early as 1720, British craftsmen, metal smiths and clockmakers, applied for permits to work in the newly formed presidencies. |