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the first was chosen. For this purpose the very same 

 knot may be used, by lapping the ends past each other, 

 and then proceeding as though you were about to tie 

 the same knot in a single string, and adjusting its posi- 

 tion so as to fall on the doubled part thus : 



Fig. 22. 



This knot is however inconvenient, in that the entire 

 strand must be drawn through the knot every time it is 

 formed. 



There is another method, that which I use myself and 

 prefer. 



It is still the same knot we have used before. The 

 strands are lapped, and two ordinary knots are tied, one 



