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to you that this cord, if properly used, is very valua- 

 ble; if not used judiciously, it is dangerous, and 

 would have a bad effect. It is one of the most power- 

 ful instruments for controlling the mouth, ever made 

 public. Now then, for its practical use. Procure a 

 halt inch cotton cord about fifteen feet in len'gth, tie 

 a knot in each end, pass the end through twice, so 

 the knot will not slip ; (a single tie is apt to slip out;) 

 in one end make a loop about four inches in diame- 

 ter, or one that^'ou can pass your hand through easy. 

 This loop should be tied with a sailor's bow-line 

 knot, which is made thus : Hold both hands well out 

 from you ; take one end of the cord in your right 

 hand between the thumb and forefinger, the end from 

 you and the main rope extending toward you in the 

 palm of the hand, and lying across the little finger, 

 the palm being up ; hold out your left hand with the 

 palm up; lay the rope across the forefinger of the left 

 hand, and draw it towards you through the palm 

 until it is drawn through about two feet from the 

 end you hold in your right hand ; with your right, 

 wind the cord once round and close to the left ; pass 

 the end you hold ia your right under the cord on 

 the back of your left hand, passing it from the wrist 

 towards the forefinger, and drawing it through about 

 three inches, leaving the desired loop hanging below, 

 keeping the palm of the left hand up ; pass the end 

 with the right hand under the cord beyond and out- 

 side of your left, .passing it from right to left ; then 

 bring it back over the cord on the back of your left 



