the elbow, in a horizontal position.] “Brother, I now present you my right hand, in token of brotherly love and esteem, and with it the grip and name of the grip of an Entered Apprentice Mason.”  The right hands are joined together, as in shaking hands, and each sticks his thumb nail into the third joint or upper end of the forefinger; the name of the grip is Boaz, and is to be given in the following manner and no other:  The Master gives the grip and word, and divides it for the instruction of the candidate; the questions are as follows:  The Master and candidate holding each other by the grip as before described, the Master says, “What is this?” Candidate—­“A grip.”  Master “A grip of what?” Candidate—­“The grip of an Entered Apprentice Mason.”  Master—­“Has it a name?” Candidate—­“It has.”  Master—­“Will you give it to me?” Candidate—­“I did not so receive it, neither can I so impart it.”  Master—­“What will you do with it?” Candidate—­“Letter it, or halve it.”  Master—­“Halve it and begin.”  Candidate—­“You begin.”  Master—­“Begin you.”  Candidate—­“Bo.”  Master—­“AZ.”  Candidate—­“Boaz.”  Master says, “Right, Brother Boaz, I greet you.  It is the name of the left hand pillar of the porch of King Solomon’s Temple—­arise, Brother Boaz, and salute the Junior and Senior Wardens as such, and convince them that you have been regularly initiated as an Entered Apprentice Mason, and have got the sign, grip, and word.”  The Master returns to his seat, while the Wardens are examining the candidate, and gets a lamb-skin or white apron, presents it to the candidate and observes, “Brother, I now present you with a lamb-skin, or white apron; it is an emblem of innocence, and the badge of a Mason; it has been worn by kings, princes, and potentates of the earth, who have never been ashamed to wear it; it is more honorable than the diamonds of kings, or pearls of princesses, when worthily worn; it is more ancient than the Golden Fleece or Roman Eagle; more honorable than the Star and Garter, or any other order that can be conferred upon you at this or any other time, except it be in the body of a just and fully constituted Lodge; you will carry it to the Senior Warden in the West, who will teach you how to wear it as an Entered Apprentice Mason.”  The Senior Warden ties the apron on, and turns up the flap, instead of letting it fall down in front of the apron.  This is the way Entered Apprentice Masons wear, or ought to wear, their aprons until they are advanced.  The candidate is now conducted to the Master in the East, who says, “Brother, as you are dressed, it is necessary you should have tools to work with; I will now present you with the working tools of an Entered Apprentice Mason, which are the twenty-four-inch gauge and common gavel; they are thus explained:  The twenty-four-inch gauge is an instrument made use of by operative Masons to measure and lay out their work, but we, as Free and Accepted Masons, make use of it for the more noble