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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 re- 

 quires the silk or hair to be fastened to the iron 

 hooks in front, and then twisted together. The 

 same recipes will answer for staining hair which 

 are used for silkworm-gut ; but natural colours 

 always claim the preference, and care must be 

 taken not to allow oil to approach the hair, as it 

 infallibly causes it to rot. 



HOOKS. 



Hooks are manufactured of different forms, 

 and are usually distinguished by the names of 

 The Limerick, The Sneckbend, 

 The Kendal, The Kirby. 



Of these varieties a representation has been 

 attempted in Plate II., figs. 1, 2, 3, 4. 



Although generally considered of minor impor- 



