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to be (when turned back again) full as long 

 as the hook ; then go on with your silk, and 

 whip it round your feather, hook, and gut, 

 six or eight times, or sufficient to make it 

 fast, and with a pair of fine scissors cut away 

 what remains of the but-end of the feather, 

 taking care not to hurt the gut, which must 

 be opened and twisted round the shank of 

 the hook as you go on with the whipping, 

 which is to be continued till it nearly comes 

 opposite the point of the hook (but you 

 must cut off the ends of the gut before they 

 eome quite so low down, if found too long) ; 

 next put on your strips of feather for the 

 forks at the tail, with the fine points down- 

 wards, leaving them both exactly the same 

 length, rather more than an inch long, and to 

 stand open and make two laps round with 

 the silk ; then take the hackle (which must 

 be ready prepared by stripping off the downy 

 part at top, and cutting the feather across on 

 each side near to the stem, about two or 

 three tenths of an inch from the point, or by 

 drawing the fibres back to prevent any of 



