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mishap should befall the climber and nullify his 

 aid. So, though we cannot say that we have 

 always practised what we now preach, two men 

 at least should be employed on top. 



Friction of the Rope. 



It is the friction of the rope upon the cliff-edge 

 that makes the hauling such heavy work, and it 

 may be considerably reduced, as may the wear 

 and tear of the rope itself, by passing it through 

 a few feet of leather tubing at the point where 

 most friction takes place. This tube, which should 

 be about two inches greater in diameter than the 

 rope, will require fastening down with a peg by 

 the climber as he goes down, or it may not stay 

 in its place when the rope is working through it. 



An Inexperienced Climber. 



As illustrative of the effect the climber has on 

 the work, an incident which occurred some years 

 ago on the Yorkshire coast may be of interest. 

 We had been working easily for some time, when 

 one of the haulers, of whom there were two, ex- 

 pressed a desire to go down in order to experience 

 the work. Accordingly, he put on the belt, and 

 we lowered him in his own fashion to a broad ledge 

 some thirty feet below with ease to ourselves, if 

 not to him. But when the signal came to pull up 



