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HANGING UP THE WHIP 



CH. XVII 



self of the aid of an expert who can select for him 



one that is really good, as a 

 standard by which future pur- 

 chases can be made ; a man who 

 has been using whips not of the 

 best quality will be astonished, 

 upon getting hold of something 

 exactly right, to find how far 

 superior it is to those which he 

 has been handling". 



Inasmuch as a good whip can 

 be soon ruined by being im- 

 properly taken care of, it is im- 

 portant to keep the quill and 

 upper part of the thong in shape, 

 by hanging it on a spool (Fig. 

 159) fastened against the wall. 

 The spool should have a Y-shaped 

 groove, and pulling the thong 

 tightly into the groove will pre- 

 vent the whip from slipping ; it is 

 better also to tie the point round 

 the thone an d stick together, as 

 shown in the Figure. 



If the proper part of the thong, 

 as shown in Fig. 159, is jammed 

 in the groove, the weight of the 

 stick will give, and will keep, 

 the proper backward curve to 

 Fig. 159. the quill. 



