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OCEAN, LAKE, AND RIVER. 



Suppose first, we tie the simplest hackle, say a ginger on a 

 No. 6 hook. If you use the vise, fasten the hook between the 

 jaws, then take a piece of wrapping silk of the required length, say 

 a foot or fourteen inches, and rolling a mite of wax as large as a 

 BB shot between the fore-finger and thumb, draw the silk through 



twice. With the hook in the position shown on the annexed illus- 

 tration, whether held by vise or between the thumb and fore-finger 

 of the left hand, take five or six turns around the shank of the 

 hook, as shown in figure i. Then, laying on the gut, commence 

 quite close to the head and wrap down to A, figure 2. Here, 

 with three turns of your wrapping silk, fasten in the floss, A B, 



