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 * Scouting for girls, adapted from Girl guiding - Half Hitch.png ||Scouting for girls, adapted from Girl guiding - The Sheep Shank.png
 * 3., made by passing rope-end round standing part and behind itself. If free end is turned back and forms a loop, the hitch can be easily loosened. A double half hitch is required to make a secure knot. || 4. , for shortening ropes. Gather up the amount to be shortened as in first illustration. Then with parts A and B make a half hitch round each of the bends, as in finished drawing.
 * Scouting for girls, adapted from Girl guiding - The Bow Line.png ||Scouting for girls, adapted from Girl guiding - Clove Hitch.png
 * 5., a loop that will not slip, to tie round a person being lowered from a building, etc. Form a loop, then in the standing part form a second and smaller loop. Through this pass the end of the large loop and behind the standing part and down through the small loop. || 6. , for fastening a rope to a pole. Either end will stand a strain without slipping, either lengthways or downwards.
 * Scouting for girls, adapted from Girl guiding - Fisherman's Knot.png ||Scouting for girls, adapted from Girl guiding - Middleman's Knot.png
 * 7., used to tie two lines or ropes of different sizes together. A knot quickly made, and is easy to undo, the ends being simply pulled apart. || 8. . Made in similar fashion to fisherman's knot. This loop will not slip when knots are drawn together, and can safely be used as a halter.
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 * Scouting for girls, adapted from Girl guiding - Fisherman's Knot.png ||Scouting for girls, adapted from Girl guiding - Middleman's Knot.png
 * 7., used to tie two lines or ropes of different sizes together. A knot quickly made, and is easy to undo, the ends being simply pulled apart. || 8. . Made in similar fashion to fisherman's knot. This loop will not slip when knots are drawn together, and can safely be used as a halter.
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 * 7., used to tie two lines or ropes of different sizes together. A knot quickly made, and is easy to undo, the ends being simply pulled apart. || 8. . Made in similar fashion to fisherman's knot. This loop will not slip when knots are drawn together, and can safely be used as a halter.
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