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finishing off, varnish the head and set it aside 

 for a while to dry. Prepare a piece of scarlet 

 Berlin wool as for the butt. Before the varnish 

 has become quite hard i.e., while still retain- 

 ing some of its stickiness -spin the wool on 

 the silk (the latter being close up to the gut 



FIG. 89. 



loop, as shown in Fig. 88), and take three or 

 four turns to the left. The size of the wool- 

 spindle will have to be correctly judged so that 

 there shall be no more and no less than will 

 exactly reach to the roots of the wings. Finish 

 off the dressing silk at the roots of the wings 

 with the whip finish (the turns, however, in 



