Knots, Hitches, and Splices 



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Fig. 94 



Taut line hitch or rolling hitch 



grasping either end of the rope and pulHng it around to the right or left, 

 as the case may be. 



In tying sacks it is convenient to hold the mouth of the sack shut with 

 the left hand, and to wrap 

 the twine around the sack 

 and the little finger of the 

 left hand in such a way 

 that the finger is in the 

 place of the upper rope's 

 end in Fig. 91. The twine 

 is brought on around the 

 sack, caught by the finger, 

 and drawn back under the 

 first wrap of twine in a 

 direction diagonally upward 

 from left to right. 



Taut line hitch. — There 

 are many occasions when 

 it is necessary to attach a 

 rope to another rope that is supporting a load and that therefore 

 cannot be bent. For instance, if a strand breaks, a new rope must be 

 attached to the rope above the break ; or if in hauling with block and tackle 

 on a rope to raise a load the tackle is pulled together without getting the 

 load high enough, a new rope must be attached to the taut one near the 

 load in order to support it temporarily and to allow the tackle to be ex- 

 tended and reattached to the pull rope farther up. For use on such 

 occasions as these the taut line hitch is necessary. 



Wrap the new rope two full turns around the taut one, progressing in 

 a direction away from the load as in Fig. 93. Pass the end up over the 

 wrapping, draw it firmly, and take one or two half hitches about the taut 

 rope between the wrapping and the load, as indicated by the arrow in 

 Fig. 93 and as shown in Fig. 94. The hitch will not hold unless the wrap- 

 ping and the half hitch are pulled up securely in the first place and are 

 tightened as the strain is put on the new rope. 



Jam hitch. — In tying up light packages, such as bundles of lath, small 

 boxes, rolls of paper, and the like, a hitch that will slide along a cord in 

 one direction, but will jam and hold against moving the other way, will 

 be found exceedingly convenient. The jam hitch will answer these re- 

 quirements, provided the cord used is large enough and of not too hard 

 a body nor too smooth a surface. 



Pass the cord around the package, bringing the short end beyond the 

 long cord and from right to left, as shown in Fig. 95. Bend the short 



