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tied the hackle and tmsel on as you see it there, 

 (you may draw the point of the hackle back, as 

 the hackle prepared in the plate of Feathers, 

 instead of cutting it at the point, as you may see 

 also the hackle cut, in the plate of Feathers). 

 You now shift your finger and thumb up the 

 body a little, and just where you finished the 

 knot over the floss silk twist a little pig hair 

 round the tying silk sparingly, and roll it over 

 the shank to the head, or within the eighth of 

 an inch of the head, as you may see in Plate II. ; 

 you now take the two pieces of tinsel in the 

 right hand and roll them up slopingly to where 

 the silk is hanging, Plate II., and whip it down ; 

 you next take the stem of the hackle in the 

 right hand, and roll it evenly beside the tinsel 

 on its side, or partly on its back (this is done by 

 giving the stem a gentle twist in your fingers) 

 till you bring it to the head where there may 

 be two or three extra rolls of it given to make 

 it full at the shoulder, or where you tie on the 

 wings, (see the hackle, beautifully rolled on 

 from tail to shoulder, Plate III). You now 

 take a piece of mallard feather, stripped off 

 i with your nails, and press it small at the end 

 of the roots where it is to be tied on, (see 



