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wrap it "three or four times about with, your silk, 

 immediately above its junction with. the shank; then 

 whip it, with three or four turns, to the shank, as 

 firmly as your silk will allow, fastening it with a 

 single loop. Then take the feathers for the wings, 

 laying them on the outside of the shank, with their 

 "bright side next the hook, with the points towards 

 the gut and the root towards the fingers, holding 

 the hook by the bend, and with two or three turns 

 whip them fast. Fasten your silk with a single loop; 

 cut off the root of the feathers close to the silk, and 

 continue your whipping till you come to the bend 

 of the hook, and then, with a single loop, fasten 

 your silk again. Having your dubbing for the body 

 ready, spin it, from the fore finger and thumb of 

 your left hand at the bend of the hook, round your 

 silk, which should be well waxed, with the fore 

 finger and thumb of your right, and wind round the 

 hook till you come to the wings, where you must 

 take a double turn, and then, stripping off the su- 

 perfluous dubbing from the silk, whip it neatly 

 down. Next separate the wings, and turn them back 

 as you intend them to stand, and bind them so by 

 alternately crossing the silk between the separation. 

 Wax your silk well, and twist round it the dubbing 

 for the head, take two or three turns, as may be 

 required, to the end of the shank, and i'asten your 

 silk off, as directed in dressing a hackle. With a 

 needle, raise the dubbing gently from the warp ; 



