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times over the end A, so that it is perfectly secured, 

 cut it off as close as you can to the wrapping, so that 

 you have only the end C remaining. Now proceed 

 with the winding until within four turns of as far as you 

 wish it to extend ; then nip the coils already made with 

 the left thumb so they cannot unwind, cutting off the 

 end (7, so that it is about a foot long. Now drop it 

 down between you and the cane, next under and then 

 upward behind the cane, so as to form a loop, say, three 

 inches across, hanging below the cane, thus : 



Fig. 73. 



If you meet any difficulty at all with this knot it will 

 be here. Remember the end C passes downward on 

 the side towards you, and upward on the side away from 

 you. Hold the cane, as soon as you nip the coils with 

 your left thumb, so that hand points to the right, and 

 the first and second fingers are free. Throw the large 

 loop over those fingers to keep it open. Then make 

 three or four turns of the end (7, between the point 

 where the large loop meets the cane, a, and the wind- 

 ings you wish to fasten, b, winding towards the latter. 

 You will find this operation facilitated by throwing the 

 end C at every turn, after making the large loop, be- 



