[Craigin, Harry] [from old catalog] · Boston, D. Lothrop & co · leaf 162
like fig.5 after wrapping. Now take two 1 I of the fibres of a peacocks feather, FIG 3 technically known as peacocks herl, and a piece ofsilver or gilt tinsel; lay the tinsel on near the bend, andthen, after two wraps of the silk, lay on the twopieces of peacocks herl, which must be fastened bytwo… … FIG. 4. pieces will do, as in fig. 7. Then take a hackle-feather,shaped like fig. 8, from theneck or rump of a gamecockor brown leghorn, and fastenin the point with three wrapsof your silk, as in fig. 9.You have now a hook, a,wrapped with well-waxed silk, b, with a piece ofsilkworm-gut, c, a piece…
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