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finishing-nail, or any similar pointed instrument (a 

 shoemakers'-awl is most handy for this) through the 

 loop, E, which holds it taut to prevent it from kink- 

 ing, then draw the loop up close to this, drop or pull 

 out the pin (or whatever your bodkin may be), and 

 at the same instant quickly pull the end, C, up tight; 

 cut off the surplus free end close to where it emerges 

 from the wrapping, with a quick sawing motion of a 

 sharp knife. 



A modification of the above method makes use 

 of a separate loop of heavy, waxed linen-thread, for 

 the purpose of pulling the terminal silk-end under 

 the last few coils, which already have been wound 

 tight. The loop (A, Fig. 5) is laid in place length- 

 wise of the rod-joint as you approach the end of a 

 wrapping, several coils are carried over it, and then 

 the free end of the winding-thread, B, is pushed 

 through the loop and pulled under and out, where 

 the loop emerges at C. In using very fine winding- 

 silk, a fine needle may be substituted for the loop, 

 and the end of the thread inserted through its eye. 



Another method, that the author frequently 

 adopts, consists in making the final loose turns both 

 over joint and the tapered end of a miniature marlin- 

 pin or a lead-pencil point laid alongside of the joint. 

 The end then is turned back through these coils, be- 

 tween the marlin-pin and the joint, as Fig. 6 depicts; 

 the forefinger of the left hand holds the last tight 

 coil against the joint as the marlin-pin is withdrawn. 



