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369. Wall and crown knot. 370. Manrope knot. 371. Matthew 

 Walker knot. 372. End or crown splice. 373. Overhand knot. 

 374. Blood knot. 375. Figure 8 knot. 376. Stevedore knot. 



CHAPTER XXXVIII. TYING KNOTS AND HITCHES . 388 



377. Practice in tying knots. 378. Binder knot. 379. Square knot. 

 380. Granny knot. 381. Surgeon's knot. 382. Weaver's knot. 



383. Carrick's bend. 



Knots for Fastening Cattle, Tying Hay Ropes, Etc. 



384. Bowline knot. 385. Double-rope bowline knot. 386. Slip 

 knot. 387. Manger knot. 388. Lariat knot. 389. Hangman's 

 noose. 390. Farmer's loop. 



Temporary Hitches. 



391. Half hitch. 392. Timber hitch. 393. Rolling hitch. 394. 



Clove hitch. 395. Scaffold hitch. 396. Blackwall hitch. 397. 



Sheepshank. 

 Splices. 



398. End or crown splice. 399. Loop splice. 400. Eye splice or 



side splice. 401. Short splice. 402. Long splice. 



CHAPTER XXXIX. PROJECTS IN ROPE WORK . 402 



403. Making a halter. 404. An adjustable halter. 405. Making 

 a non-adjustable halter. 406. The trip rope. 407. Throwing or 

 casting rope. 408. Rope- for casting cattle. 



CHAPTER XL. HARNESS REPAIR . . . . 409 



409. The importance of good harness. 410. The harness room. 

 411. Harness oil. 412. Repair leather. 413. Equipment for har- 

 ness work. 414. Splicing worn harness strap. 415. Preparing strap 

 for sewing. 416. Sewing the splice. 417. Sewing buckle and ring 

 on harness strap. 418. Instructions for sewing buckle. 419. Over- 

 hauling a set of harness. 420. Adjusting harness to horse. 421. 

 The bridle. 422. The collar. 423. Hames. 424. Other adjust- 

 ments. 



