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Place the thread conveniently nearby, so you can 

 grab it instantly when wanted. Also have handy 

 some warm water in a basin, a sponge, and a piece 

 of rag (no relation to the " bone and hank of 

 hair"). 



Lay the strips down in front of you, arranged in 

 two groups of three strips each, and in this order : 



unit 



Illl 



Strips grouped ready for gluing 



Pick up strip number I in your left hand, grasping 

 it near its middle, and rapidly but thoroughly, with 

 long strokes, apply the warm glue to the whole 

 length of the inside surface, A, beginning at the 

 smaller end; then lay the strip down again, on its 

 remaining dry, planed surface. (It is better that 

 the room where these sacred rites are progressing 

 should be decidedly warm at night, when the rest 

 of the family are all abed, in the kitchen on the 



