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for a few seconds in hot water. Cut it into 

 the required sliape ; and, while in a soft state, 

 from the warm bath wherewith it has been 

 treated, bend it, by means of round pliers, into 

 the necessary form. 



Lay the tin or the horn, thus prepared, 

 between the wire, and, by twisting this wire 

 with flat pliers, it will be held tightly against 

 the drilled brass {vide fig. 6.). Next, pass a 

 piece of lead fig. 3., cast Avith a hole through it, 

 over the wire, bringing it close to the drilled 

 brass. Form it into the requisite shape (fig. 7. ). 

 Cut out a small tail of transparent horn (which 

 may be thinner than the wings) with a hole 

 at the narrow end (fig. 4.). Force the wire 

 through this hole; and, with pliers and file, 

 form it into fig. 8. The lead need not be 

 as long as the Minnow, as it is preferable 

 to keep the greatest weight at the head. To 

 make, therefore, the shape of the body, fill up 

 the distance between the head and the tail with 

 worsted, wool, or any soft material. Gutta 

 Percha, softened in hot water, will answer the 

 purpose. Cover the whole either with Gutta 



