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 How to Make Knots, Ties, Hitches and Bends

���The Timber Hitch, a safe and simple knot usually em- ployed in holding poles and booms. The turns in the loose end must be carefully made

���The Square or Reef Knot is one of the safest ties, but care should be taken to

��avoid a "granny"

���The Double Bow- line is used when the end cannot be used, and when a loop is desired in the bight

��The Single Bowline is one of the most important of all the hitches. It is very safe and will not slip or jam

��The Blackwell Hitch, while safe for light loads, is likely to part under heavy strains

��A "safety-first" tie, the Cat's Paw. This

hitch will sustairijheavyfloads, and is most

us d for that reason

���The Timber and Half Hitch. Much the same as the Timber Hitch with the addition of a half hitch to avoid any danger of the rope's rolling

�����When the rope is too long, it may be shortened by the use of this knot, the

��Sheepshank

���The first operation

in preventing the

dead end of a rope

from ravelling

��The Clove Hitch is a very safe knot, and may be handl- ed very quickly

��The Stopper Hitch

is used to hold the

strain in the fall

line of blocks

��The second opera- tion in preventing the dead end of a rope from ravelling

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