ISO THE COMPLETE 4 ANGLER. PART. I, 



perfection, as none can well teach him. And if he hit to 

 make his fly right, and have the luck to hit,also 3 where 



the mixing and wasting your materials are not the least : to prevent 

 which, the following method is recommended ; take a piece of fine-grained 

 parchment, of seven inches by nine, and fold it so that the size and pro- 

 portion of it will be that of a small octavo volume ; then open it, and 

 through the first leaf, with a sharp penknife and a ruler, make three cross 

 cuts, at the same proportionable distance as those in Plate XI. Fig. 1 . and 

 with a needle and silk, stitch the two leaves together, as in that figure ; let 

 each of the margins be half an inch at least. 



Then -with a pair of compasses, take the distance from A to B, and set 

 it on in the middle of a small piece of parchment ; and likewise set on 

 the same distance to the right and left ; and, at each extremity, cut off, 

 with a penknife and ruler, the spare parchment, observing that the sides 

 are exactly parallel. 



At about a quarter of an inch from the top, make a cut through the 

 first and third divisions, and with a pair of scissars, snip out the loose 

 pieces. 



Then set on the distance from A to C, and cut as before, leaving the 

 middle division an inch longer at bottom than the others: when this is 

 done, your parchment will have the shape and proportion of Fig. 2. and 

 you may cut the upper flap as it appears there. 



Be careful that the cuts, and indeed all your work, are exactly square ; 

 and when this is done, turn in the sides and ends of the parchment, so cut 

 as before ; and press the folds with a folding-stick, and you have one 

 pocket, shaped as Fig. 3. ; which put into the first partition. 



Pursue the same method with the small pockets, and those for 

 the other partitions; and in this manner, proceed till you have com- 

 pleted six leaves, which are to make the first of your book, The larger 

 of these pockets are to hold hog's wool, seal's fur and bear's hair ; and 

 the smaller, the finer furs, which are those of the martern, fox-cub, 

 &c. 



In each of the six divisions, in every leaf, with a sadler's hollow punch, 

 make a hole ; to which end, take a thin narrow stick of beech, or any 

 hardish wood, and when the pocket is in its place, put the stick down into 

 the pocket, and, observing the centre of the division, give the punch a 

 smart blow with a mallet : these holes will shew what is contained in each 

 of the pockets. 



The next leaf may be single ; stitch it across with double silk diagonally, 

 and cross those stitches with others, and the spaces will be of a lozenge- 

 shape ; let the stitches be half an inch in length : into these your are to tuck 

 your dubbing, when mixed ready for use. 



The next leaf should be double, stitched with a margin as the others: 

 and through the first fold cut a lozenge, as big as the size will allow of; 

 into this you may tuck three or four wings of small birds, as the starling, 

 the land-rail, the throstle, #c. At the back of this leaf, sew two little 

 parchment straps, of half an inch wide, very strong; through which put 

 a small, but very neat and sharp pair of scissars. 



You may on another single leaf, make four or five cross-bars of long 

 stitches, through which, as well on the back as the foreside, you may put 

 large feathers, namely, those of a cock-pheasant's tail, a ruddy-brown 

 hen, &c. 



