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strong enough, to overcome all the other noises in the shop, while 

 it is also susceptible of musical modulations. But there is a 

 special art in sounding it. The tongue must be brought up to 

 the hole in the upper blade without stopping it, and the air 

 must be projected simultaneously through both holes, so as to 



Fig. 6.— Spinner's Whistle. 



Fig. 7. — How the Spinner's 

 Whistle is used. 



vibrate in the bent-over part (Fig. 7). After a few efforts, sounds 

 of astonishing power can be produced on this instrument. 



Every boy knows how to make a willow whistle ; or he may 

 use lilac or any of several other woods when in the sap. Taking 

 a branch about the size of his little finger, he cuts a ring in the 

 bark down to the wood. Then, having moistened the bark in his 



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Fig. 8.— Wooden Whistle. 



mouth, he beats it, holding it on his knee, with the handle of his 

 knife, till it will slide on the stick. Holding the lower part of 

 the branch in his left hand, with his right hand he twists the 

 loosened slip of bark and pulls it off in a single piece, forming a 



