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carry it up to the end of the floss (8). Fasten 

 it off with three turns of the waxed silk (2), 



and cut it off (see 

 Fig. 9). 



Having com- 

 pleted what is 

 called a plain body, 

 it will be as well 

 to go over the 

 ground again, showing how to tie in a hackle, 

 when it is intended that there should be one 

 on the body. 



HOW TO TIE IN THE BODY HACKLE 



In the first place, the hackle must be prepared, 

 and in order to do this correctly, it should be 

 held between two pairs of tweezers, one at either 

 end. The pair gripping the point should be held 

 in the hollow of the left hand, while that holding 

 the butt must be held in the right. Hold the 

 hackle with the inside facing, and placing the 

 forefinger of the right hand behind it, draw the top 

 fibres over with the thumb to compel them to lie 

 over the others, as in illustration (Fig. 10). After 

 having tied in the floss (8) at the shoulder as in 

 Fig. 8, and run it down to the centre of the body, 

 lay in the hackle (9) with its butt pointing to 

 the left, then with the floss bind down the point 



