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OCEAN, LAKE, AND RIVER. 



Suppose first, we tie the simplest hackle, say a ganger on a 

 No. 6 hook. If you use the vise, fasten the hook between the 

 /aws, then take a piece of wrapping silk of the required length, say 

 a foot or fourteen inches, and rolling a mite of wax as large "as a 

 BB shot between the fore-finger and thumb, draw the silk through 



twice. With the hook in the position shown on the annexed illus- 

 tration, whether held by vise or between the thumb and fore-finger 

 of the left hand, take five or six turns around the shank of the 

 hook, as shown in figure i. Then, laying on the gut, commence 

 ^uite close to the bead and wrap dowm to A, figure 2. Here, 

 with three turns of your wrapping silk, fasten in the floss, A B, 



