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to left, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 136 and as shown in Fig. 137. 

 Pass the end forward and down into the loop again from above, as indi- 

 cated by the arrow in Fig. 137 and as shown in Fig. 138. Note that this 

 knot consists of a loop with a bight up through it, the bight going around 

 behind the long rope. 



(2) Underhand method. To be used when standing alongside of the 

 rope and making a loop around some object or through an eye. Pass 

 the rope through the eye or around the object from left to right, holding 

 the long rope in the left hand. Take a half hitch around the long rope, 

 starting it by passing the end across over the long rope (see Fig. 139). 

 Now transfer the loop from the short rope to the long rope. This is done 

 by giving slack with the left hand and pulling up with the right, as indi- 

 cated by the arrows in Fig. 139. With the loop transferred to the long 

 rope and the end passing through it, as in Fig. 140, it is necessary only 

 to bring the end from left to right under the long rope, as indicated by 

 the arrow in Fig. 140, and back into the loop from below, as shown in Fig. 

 141, The knot is now ready to be tightened up, when it will be finished. 



(3) Texas method. Like the underhand method, the Texas method is 

 to be used in making a bowline knot when standing alongside of the rope ; 



it is particu- 

 "^^ ' ^ ' ■ ^2^^^ ^~= larly useful in 



fastening a tie 

 rope about a 

 horse's neck, 

 since the size 

 of the loop 

 is easily ad- 

 justed, as ex- 

 plained below. 

 Throw the 

 rope over the 

 horse's neck 

 or pass it 

 through the 

 bolt eye, as 

 the case may 

 be. Lay both hands, side by side with the palms down, on the long 

 rope as shown in Fig. 142. Rotate the right hand as if the forearm 

 were a long pivot, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 142, and thus 

 form a loop as in Fig. 143. With the left hand push a bight of the 

 long rope from left to right through this loop, as indicated by the arrow 

 in Fig. 143 and as shown at B, Fig. 144- Reach under the horse's 



Fig. 142 Fig. 143 Fig. 144 



Bowline knot. Texas method begun 



