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two loops shown (Figs, ii and 12). To the other 



Fig. II, 

 Loop for Gut (the "figure 8"). 



end the hook is whipped, using spool silk, waxed 



Fig. 12. 

 Loop for Gut {the "Alpine ")■ 



with the shoemaker's wax aforesaid, or with a wax 

 composed of : — 



Best resin, 2 ounces ; Beeswax, ^ ounce. 

 Simmer together ten minutes, and add : — 



Beef tallow, J^ ounce. 

 Simmer all together fifteen minutes more, and pour 

 into a basin of cold water, and pull like candy till 

 cold and very white. 



The whipping or binding of the hook is very 



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Fig. 13. —Hook uihipped, and showing "Inoisible Knot." 



evenly wound, and secured by means of 

 the two half-hitches (Fig. 9), or the invisible knot 

 shown at Fig. 13. Of course the coils in the 

 diagram are pulled tight, and the thread drawn 



