70 HORSE-HAIR LINES, AND HO W TO MAKE THEM. 



hooks of the spinning machine, as shown in the woodcut, and 

 hanging on the 2 Ib. lead, turn the handle briskly round, 



checking the too rapid 

 twisting of the strands 

 by the scored top held 

 in the left hand, or your 

 fingers, until the twist 

 reaches as far as the top 

 will allow, which is then 

 to be removed, and a 

 knot made on the end to 

 prevent the link untwist- 

 ing. A three-pronged 

 kitchen dinner fork will 

 answer the purpose of 

 the top, but practice 

 enables everyone to dis- 

 pense with either, di- 

 viding the strands with 

 the fingers of the left 

 hand only. The spinning 

 machine is fitted with a 

 screw spill which you 

 can fasten in a heavy 

 block of wood and place 



FIG. 2 3 .-Spinning Machine or Jack. n the table before y U ' 



or into a shelf or mantel- 

 piece at a convenient height. Make the snood part of the 

 line of white hair, three hairs less in each strand, transparent 

 preferable, length 9 feet. 



It is a very good plan, when you have selected your hairs 

 sufficient for a strand, to tie one end of them round with fine 

 thread or cotton, and put them to soak in water for half an hour 

 before using. By preparing a number of such strands you will 

 make greater progress in the manufacture of the line. A single 

 hair when doubled should raise a pound and a half weight. If 

 on testing a lot of hair, it will not do this, the hank of hair 

 must be rejected as too weak. 



