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upward over, under, and again over the upper rails (A, 7, &) re- 
spectively, whence they are plaited in the reverse direction to the spot 
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Fie. 104.—Rectangular tray, edging with three rails above (A), and one rail below (B). 
under the first rail (/) to the right of whence they started. This 
process is repeated all the way round the square, and when the upper 
half of the lamina is thus 
completed, a similar pro- 
cedure is put into execution 
to constitute what will ulti- 
mately become the lower half 
(D). The result is that the 
free ends of the projecting 
strands come to lie exactly 
over their own points of ori- 
gin (from the foundation 
edge) just above which they 
are cut. This arrangement 
will perhaps be made clearer 
in the diagrammatic vertical 
section (A, g). The upper 
and lower margins of the 
edging are next strengthened 
by two (B), sometimes three 
Fic. 105.—Rectangular tray—three rails above 
and below. 
(C), slips of split cane fixed in various ways with strips of mamuri, 
while in the larger trays the corners may be further supported by ties 
