RODS. 75 



Should a joint of the rod be accidentally broken, and 

 no other at hand to replace it with, the only course 

 is to mend it. To do this, the broken pieces should be 

 cut in a sloping direction, so as to fit each other with 

 exactness, and then be joined by a thin coat of shoe- 

 maker's wax, tightly tied round with waxed silk and fine 

 twine. Salter describes the best mode of tying up thus : 

 " Begin to bind the fractured parts together, about two 

 inches above the middle thereof, making the laps about 

 a quarter of an inch apart, and continue so to bind two 

 inches below the middle of the fracture; then whip or 

 bind back again to the part at which you began. Here 

 bind or whip down again, keeping the lappings close 

 together, until you come within four or five turns of 

 the two inches below the middle of the fracture. Now 

 lay the forefinger of your left hand over the rod, thus: 



Then, with your right hand, make four or five bows 

 or hoops over the finger of your left hand with the 

 silk, or whatever you are mending the rod with, and 

 pass the end of it between the under-side of your left- 

 hand finger and the rod, as shown in the engraving. 

 Now draw away, gradually, your left-hand finger, and 

 with your right-hand finger and thumb take hold of 

 the second from the top of the bows or hoops, and 

 draw it tight, which will make the first bow or hoop 



