Knots, Hitches, and Splices 



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Fig. 145 

 Bowline knot. 



Fig. 146 

 Texas method completed 



neck, grasp the short end of the rope, and pass it upward through 

 bight B as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 144. Draw the end up 

 until the loop about the 

 horse's neck is of the size de- 

 sired, bend the rope end back 



on itself to form 



bight A (Fig. 



145), and grasp 



both sides of the 



bight with the 



right hand as 



shown. Down- 

 ward pulling on 



the long rope 



will straighten 



bight B and will 



force loop C up over bight A, as indicated by the arrows 



in Fig. 145 and as shown in Fig. 146. Continue pulling 



until the knot is set firmly. 



Running bowline. — This is simply a slip knot wherein the 



loop through which the rope slips is formed by using the 



bowline knot, as already described. 

 Bowline on a bight. — ■ To make a loop with a bowline knot in the middle 

 of a long rope, or to get a loop of double rope at the end of a rope, a bow- 

 line knot is tied by the overhand method, using a bight of the rope instead 

 of a single rope. 



The steps indicated in Fig. 148 are the same as those described for 

 Fig. 135. After arriving at the position shown in Fig. 149, however, the 

 knot is made differently. Instead of bight A being passed around behind 

 the long ropes, it is pulled up through the small loop and then brought 

 downward, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 149, and the whole of the 

 large loop B is passed through the bight A. The bight is then brought 

 back to its starting point and loop B is piilled out again, which brings 

 bight A down into place and produces the finished knot as shown in Fig. 

 150. 



Emergency trip sling. — It is sometimes desirable to use a sling that can 

 be tripped, and the load dropped, without slacking up on the hoisting 

 rope as is done with a regular trip sling for hay. If such a sling is not 

 at hand, a substitute may be made as follows : 



Procure a piece of rope of siifficient length, splice or tie the ends together 

 to make it endless, draw the loop out long, and lay on it the material to 

 be raised. Pull the sling up around the load and lay one end of the sling 



Fig. i47.-7?zm- 

 ning bowline 



