Knots, Hitches, and Splices 



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Fig. 82 



Clove hitch. Cowboy's method 



(4) Cowboy's method. The advantages of this way of making the 

 hitch are that in the first stage (Fig. 82) the rope is very conveniently 

 carried in the field while walking, and that the last stage (Fig. 83) is 

 instantly made from 

 the first. Pick up the 

 rope with the left 

 hand, and with the 

 right form a loop to 

 be held by the left as 

 shown in Fig. 82. 

 Grasp the rope farther 

 out with the right 

 hand. Without re- 

 leasing the rope bring 

 the hands upward and 

 together as indicated by the arrows, so that the knuckles of the left 

 hand press the backs of the fingers of the right, as shown in Fig. 83. 

 Grasp all the ropes with either hand, and the hitch is ready for use. 



(5) Circus method. This is the quickest way of making the clove 

 hitch, and should be learned by every one. It is especially useful in pitch- 

 ing large tents, when many ropes must be picked up from the ground and fas- 

 tened to short stakes. Cross the arms in front of the body, the left outside 

 the right, and pick up the rope as shown in Fig. 84. Without twisting 

 the wrists uncross the arms, as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 84, and 

 take the position shown in Fig. 85. Now rotate both hands to the right 

 as indicated by the arrows around the wrists, and put the knuckles of 

 the left hand into the palm of the right, as shown in Fig. 86. Slip the 

 loop from the left hand into the right, and the hitch is ready. {Note. — 



For most 

 persons 

 these draw- 

 ings will be 

 more easily 

 followed if 

 they are 

 inverted.) 



Scaffold 

 hitch. — 

 Many oc- 

 casions arise involving the need of a single board scaflEold, hung by 

 a single rope at each end. If a scaffold of this kind is to be safe, the 

 ropes must be attached to the board in such a way that the board will 



Fig. 84 



Clove hitch. 



Fig. 85 

 Circus method 



Fig. 86 



