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QUILL-FLOATS. 



attaching the open ends of two quills together by means 

 of a wooden plug of half an inch in length, which is 

 inserted so far into the interior of each, and fixed with 

 cement to render the junction watertight. The whole 

 is strengthened by the spiral lapping ; and when 



FIG. 27. FIG. 28. FIG. 29. FIG. 30. 



varnished and fitted with a cap at each end is repre- 

 sented by Fig. 28. 



Or the wood plug may be made in the first instance 

 of the same thickness as the outside of the quills, and 

 one inch in total length, when a quarter of an inch at 

 each end may be reduced so as to enter the interior of 

 each quill, and leave half an inch of the wood interposed 

 between them, and flush with their external surfaces, as 

 in Fig. 29. 



A very neat float, tapering from the middle towards 



