Chapter XVII. 



MAKING AN ARTIFICIAL (Continued). 



Plate 17. 



For those who like to dress their own flies when 

 away on angUng excursions and who desire a portable 

 convenient case to hold all tools, hooks, and essential 

 materials, we may say that the handy man can easily 

 make one thus : Procure a good cigar box with 

 hinged Ud measuring 8f ins. x 51 ins. x 1^ ins. outside 

 dimensions, this may be covered in imitation of a book, 

 if desired, and divided internally into compartments 

 with strips of wood and metal. 



No. 1. To contain tweezers, pricker and nippers. 



No. 2. Small envelopes containing different sized 

 hooks. 



No. 3. Dubbing materials of various colours. 



No. 4. Black and white wax. 



No. 5. Tying silks on small bobbins. 



No. 6 and 7, contain feathers and herl and stripped 

 quills or celluloid strips, the three latter are in long 

 narrow envelopes, the feathers are arranged in four 

 specially made tough paper folders under the titles, 

 Wings, Game, etc.. Duck, etc., and Poultry. The last 

 named folder contains all the hackles arranged in bunches, 

 twelve in a bunch, the strip of paper to make this folder 

 measures 30 ms. x 4| ins.+^ in., the half inch]being folded 

 over and pasted at each corner and fixed as shown, 



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