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wards, leaving the others (when turned back 

 again) to come near the bend of the hook ; 

 take your needle and divide the wings, and 

 with your silk, bringing it two or three times 

 backwards and forwards between them, make 

 one noose behind the wing ; w r ax your silk, 

 bring the wings forward and press them down 

 close to the back of the hook, with the finger 

 and thumb of the right hand, taking fast hold 

 of them with the left finger and thumb ; then 

 take the silk, and what remains of the shank, 

 which should be no more than about the 

 twelfth of an inch, make two or three laps, 

 till all the end be taken up ; turn the silk 

 back to the wings, and make two nooses 

 close to the back of them, which will throw 

 the wings quite forwards to the bend, and 

 make them stand in their proper places; 

 having the dubbing ready for the body, twirl 

 it thin and neatly on the silk, but remember 

 that it is to be thicker on the silk for the 

 first three or four turns under the wings, in 

 order to thicken the shoulder of the fly ; then 

 let the silk, &c. be thinly covered with the 



