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wards your left, tight, along the surface of the hook, whip 



that to the right three or four times round the shank of 



the hook towards the right hand ; after which take the 



gut, and lay the end along the 



inside of the shank of the hook 



till it reaches the bend ; thus: 



then hold the hook, silk, and gut 



tight between the fore-finger and 



thumb of your left hand, and afterwards give that part of 



the silk to your right hand, three or four whips more 



over the hook and gut, till it comes nearly to the end of 



the shank ; make a loop and fasten it tight ; then whip 



it neatly again over silk, gut, and hook, till it comes near 



the bend of it ; after which make 



another loop, and fasten it again ; 



thus: then, if the gut reach 



farther than the bend, cut it off, 



and your hook will be whipped 



on, and the parts of the silk will hang from the bend 



of it; then wax the longest end of the silk again, and 



take three or four strands of an ostrich feather, and 



holding them and the hook, 



as in the first position, the 



feathers to the left hand, 



and the roots of them in the 



bend of the hook, as is here 



shown, with the silk you 



waxed last, whip them three or four times round; make a 



loop and fasten them tight; then, turning the strands 



to the right hand, and twisting them and the silk together, 



with the fore-finger and thumb of the right hand, wind 



them round the shank of the hook till you come to the 



place where you first fastened ; then make a loop, and 



fasten them again. If the strands should not be long 



enough to wind as far as is necessary round the shank, 



when the silk gets bare you must twist more on it; after 



which, take your scissors, and cut the Palmer's body to 



an oval form, taking care not to cut away too much of 



the dubbing. Both ends of the silk being separated, wax 



the one next the bend again ; then take the hackle, hold 



the small end between the fore-finger and thumb of your 



