Knots, Hitches, and Splices 



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that it becomes properly set. If a trip rope is fastened at the point held 

 by the left hand in Fig. 149, the hitch may be tripped by a sharp pull 

 toward the right. 



It must be remembered that this is only an emergency hitch and, while 

 quite secure when properly set, it will give way if not so set. Therefore 

 it is necessary to keep from beneath the load. 



Spanish bowline. — This knot may be made in the middle of a long rope 

 or in a bight at the end, and gives two single loops that may be thrown 

 over two separate posts or both thrown over one. Either loop will hold 

 without slipping and is easily untied. 



Form a bight in the rope and bring the end of the bight up under- 

 neath the sides at point B, Fig. 151, thus forming two loops. Cross the 

 sides of the bight at A in the same figure. Grasp this crossing and fold 



Fig. 154 



Fig. 155 

 Harness hitch 



Fig. 156 



it down on point B, thus forming two new smaller loops as shown in Fig. 

 152. Pass the end of each large loop back through the nearest small loop, 

 as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 152, pull these loops out hard, and the 

 knot is finished (Fig. 153). 



Harness hitch. — This is used by sailors for making loops in a towline. 

 It does not weaken the rope very seriously and is easily untied. 



Start a slip knot by making a loop and drawing a bight up through it, 

 as shown in Fig. 124, but pull the bight through only so far as is shown 

 in Fig. 154. Now take the lower part of the loop, shown touching the 

 left wrist in Fig. 154, and pass it between the bight and the side of the 

 loop as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 154 and as shown in Fig. 155. To pull 

 the knot up tightly and have it keep its form, it is necessary to lay it on 

 the right knee or on some other surface and draw the new bight through 

 by pulling up the side of it toward the body, as indicated by the arrows in 

 Fig. 155. Pull the knot up tightly, attaining the finished form (Fig. 156). 



