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nearly parallel with the tops of them : after- 

 wards take the silk, and hold it likewise about 

 the middle of it, with your hook, one part laying 

 along the inside of it to your left hand, thebther 

 to the right; then take that part of the silk which 

 lies towards your right hand, between the fore- 

 finger and thumb of that hand, and holding that 

 part towards your left, tight along the inside of 

 the hook, whip that to the right, three or four 

 times round the shank of the^ hook towards the 

 right hand ; after which take the silk worm-gut, 

 and lay either of its ends along the inside of the 

 shank of the hook, till it comes near the bend of 

 it : then hold the hook, silk, and gut tight betw< 

 the fore-finger and thumb of your left hand, and 

 afterwards give that part of the silk to your ri. 

 hand, three or four whips more over both h< 

 and gut till it comes near the end of the shank, 

 and make a loop and fasten it tight: then whip 

 it neatly again over both silk, gut, and hock, till 

 it comes near the bend of the hook : after which 

 make another loop, and fasten it again : then, if 

 the gut should reach farther than the bend of the 

 hook, cut it oft', and your hook will be whipped oa 

 and the parts of the silk hang from the bend of it. 

 Having proceeded so far, wax the longest end of 

 the silk again, and take three or four strands of an 

 ostrich's feather, and holding them and tUe hook, 

 as in the first position, the feathers 1o the left hand, 

 and the roots of them in the bend of the hook, with 

 the silk that you waxed last, whip them three or 

 four times round, make a loop, and- faster 

 tight; then turning the strands to the fight ha 

 and twisting them and the silk together with : 

 fore-finger and thumb of your right hand, wind 

 them round the shank of the hook till you come to 



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