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minutes in water, before using, it >yili 

 spin much better than if used quite drv. 

 The mode of chusing it, by trying or pul- 

 ling, cannot be too much censured ; as the 

 hair will beyond a doubt resume its original 

 form, and thereby raise knots which will 

 render the line irregular, and liable to be 

 easily broken. 



Besides the engine before described, there 

 is another of a simpler form, which answers 

 very well for short lengths when a knot is 

 used, and is much more easily managed, as 

 it merely requires the silk or hair to be fas- 

 tened to the iron hooks in front, and then 

 twisted together. The same recipes will 

 answer for staining hair which are used 

 for silk-worm gut ; but natural colours 

 always claim the preference, and care 

 must be taken not to allow cil to ap- 

 proach the hair, as it infallibly causes it 

 to rot. 



