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FIG. 366. Wall and 

 crown knot. 



The crown knot is 



hand bring strand No. 1 around, forming a loop as in 1. 

 Strand No. 2 is passed around No. 1, as indicated by arrow in 

 1. Strand No. 3 is passed around No. 2 and up thru loop 

 formed by No. 1, as indicated in 2 and 3. The loose 

 ends are then drawn up, as shown in 4. 



389. Wall and Crown Knot (Fig. 366). As the name 

 would imply, the knot is a combina- 

 tion of the two previous knots. The 

 wall knot is made and then the crown 

 knot, as shown in 1 and 2, Fig. 366. 



370. Manrope Knot. (Fig. 367.) 

 This knot is also a combination of the 

 wall and crown knot, but is made just 

 the reverse of the wall and crown knot. 



first made and the wall knot drawn down 

 over it. 



371. Matthew Walker Knot (Fig. 

 368). This is a very permanent end 

 knot. It is made by first making a loosely- 

 constructed wall knot, then by passing A 

 thru the loop with B, B thru the loop with C, and C thru the 

 loop with A r as shown in 1, Fig. 368. 

 When drawn up tight, we have knot, 

 as shown in 2, Fig. 368. 



372. End or Crown Splice (Fig. 

 3 69) . This is one of the best end fas- 

 tenings for lead ropes. It is made 

 by making a crown knot and then 

 splicing back the loose ends. A large nail or marlin spike is 

 best for weaving the loose ends back. Each loose strand is 



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FIG. 367. Man- 

 rope knot. 



2 



FIG. 368. Matthew 

 Walker knot. 



