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same finish in the manner illustrated. Place the thumb and 

 ringer of the right hand over the bound portions to keep them 

 in position, and deal with the end of the silk exactly in the way 

 shown in the diagram (fig. i). Then take hold of the silk at 

 B, wind it three times round the rod, as is commenced in 



TO FINISH CENTRAL WHIPPINGS 



fig. 2, and completed in fig. 3. Next pull the end A tight and 

 the slack piece will disappear. It is very much like a con- 

 juring trick, and quite as simple when you know how it is 

 done. 



