Note 012
'General Observations on the Fall of the Roman Empire In The West' — Gibbon's "Decline & Fall"

It is certain, however strange, that many nations have been ignorant of the use of fire. Even the ingenious natives of Otaheite, who are destitute of metals, have not invented any earthen vessels capable of sustaining the action of fire and of communicating the heat to the liquids which they contain.