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the fibres of the hair or fur to be used, and lay 

 them as much as possible horizontally across one 

 end of the tying-silk A, fig. 8 ; place the other 

 end of the silk over and press it closely down on 

 the fur, fig. 9 ; then, taking the two ends of the silk 

 between the thumb and forefinger of the right 

 hand, twist up tightly." The effect of this will be to 



Fig. 8. 



Fig. 9. 



Fig. 10. 



twist up the silk and fur between the two ends of 

 it, as shown in fig. 10, into a rough-looking hackle, 

 which is used exactly like an ordinary one, the silk 

 representing the central quill, and the fur the fibres 

 of the hackle. By the same method, having a 

 hackle of the right colour, but too long in the fibre 

 for the size of the hook, the dresser can, by detach- 

 ing the separate strands, laying them horizontally 

 across a length of thoroughly waxed doubled tying- 

 silk, and, twisting them up as above, produce an 



