Fig. [254].—Ready for the tinfoil bands.
Lay the gun-barrel above the wooden part ([Fig. 254]) and fasten the two together with the four bands of tinfoil ([Fig. 255]), allowing the top part of [Fig. 250] to stand up free to represent the flintlock. We must be content without a trigger unless you can manage to make one by bending down and cutting a part of [Fig. 250]. Paint the butt and wooden portion of the gun brown before binding on the barrel, and you will find that you have made a very real-looking little rifle to hang upon the rustic brackets over the mantel-piece.
Fig. [255].—Colonial flintlock made of knitting-needle and small pen-holder.
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Fig. [257].—The finished bellows.
Fig. [256].—Cut the bellows by this pattern.