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  • I am angry that my own kindlings suffer here, and I regret more than you can possibly comprehend that I cannot aid you.

    The Shattering Christie Golden 2010

  • I am angry that my own kindlings suffer here, and I regret more than you can possibly comprehend that I cannot aid you.

    The Shattering Christie Golden 2010

  • “I have asked for such, to help the kindlings here,” she said quietly.

    The Shattering Christie Golden 2010

  • “I have asked for such, to help the kindlings here,” she said quietly.

    The Shattering Christie Golden 2010

  • The best fine kindlings in nature include dry grass, blisters of bark resin found on the trunks of pine trees, shredded poplar and birch bark, rusted needles from evergreens, and the matchstick-size twigs that quill the lower trunks of spruce trees.

    Field & Streams Ultimate Winter Survival Tips 2005

  • Commercial kindlings include fire-starting pastes and paraffin cubes.

    Field & Streams Ultimate Winter Survival Tips 2005

  • – It should be of interest to know that during World War II in Sweden, for one, automobiles were driven with the poor gas obtained by heating charcoal with kindlings in a container serving as a tank!

    Energy and economic myths (historical) Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen 2007

  • Which of the following natural fine kindlings will not reliably ignite?

    Winter Survival Quiz by Field & Stream's Keith McCafferty 2005

  • The fading signatures scrawled on the tiled brick were a poignant reminder of the Great War, the first kindlings of romance and the unrefined humour of youth.

    Archive 2007-07-01 2007

  • The easiest way to start the fire using either flame or spark is with a loose ball made of very fine kindlings.

    Field & Streams Ultimate Winter Survival Tips 2005

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