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one end, pass it over the other link of gut and form a loop, 

 then pass the opposite end through the loop, and, humouring 

 this up as close as possible to the bare end to be safe 

 without losing or wasting any of the gut, draw tight ; 



SINGLE FISHERMAN'S KNOT. 



reverse the hands and do the same with other end, when by 

 pulling on the longer lengths of gut the two knots will draw 

 close to each other and bed themselves neatly together; 

 the bare ends may now be snipped off or three-eighths of an 

 inch of them left to be lashed with waxed silk ; this is not 

 otherwise a secure knot, being apt to draw. A better knot 

 is the double fisherman's, which is both neat and secure. 



DOUBLE FISHERMAN'S KNOT. 



It is the same style as the single, only in place of putting 

 the ends once round the links of gut they are put twice, 

 forming tw r o loops ; the first loop is gripped by the finger 

 and thumb of left hand, the next passed round and caught 

 same way ; the bare end of gut is now passed underneath 

 and pointed upwards, and the knot tightened ; the gut is 

 now reversed, and the same process gone over at other end ; 

 when these are finished, both knots are pulled together and 



