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bend, and then your palmer will be ready for 

 his pilgrimage. 



RULE 3. How to make a Palmer, ribbed 

 with Gold-twist : Suppose you are going to 

 dress the black or golden palmer. Having 

 completed the first operation described in 

 our first rule, put on your red-hackle with 

 only one lap of silk, then by the side of 

 that fasten on your gold-twist with a single 

 lap of silk, and then attach outside them your 

 black-ostrich herl, with two laps of silk. Cut 

 away the but-ends of twist, hackle, and herl, 

 and wind the latter four or five times closely 

 round the shank of the hook, in the direction 

 of the bend; then take the gold- twist, and 

 wrap it in the same direction three times 

 round the herl ; after that take your red-hac- 

 kle by the point, and wind it in thick laps 

 over all. Now withdraw, in a backward direc- 

 tion, towards the end of the shank, the herl 

 and the twist that have been held, while you 

 were winding the hackle, between the thumb 

 and finger of the left-hand, and make fast the 

 end of the hackle with two laps of the silk. 

 Again take the ostrich herl, and wind it 

 thickly three or four times round the hook 

 towards the bend, then rib with windings of 

 the twist to the last lap of the herl ; fasten 



