CHAPTER XXXIX 

 PROJECTS IN ROPE WORK 



403. Making a Halter. 



Preliminary Instructions: There will be 12' or more of rope 

 needed for this project. Temporary halters are much 

 more satisfactory for leading an animal than is a rope 

 placed about the animal's neck. To make a temporary 



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FIG. 399. Temporary halter. 



halter, it is necessary to know how to make a few of the 

 various knots and hitches described in previous pages 

 and referred to in this project. 



Halter No. 1 (Fig. 399). To construct this halter, first 

 make a loop in the end of the rope A, tying it with a simple 

 overhand bowline, as described in Sec. 389. Pass the end of 

 rope with loop about animal's neck and form a second loopB 

 in the standing part of the rope thru which draw loop A and 

 place around the animal's nose. The slack is drawn out with 

 the free end of the rope, as in 2. 



Halter No. 2 (Fig. 400). This type of temporary halter is 

 usually called the Hackamore. It is used for leading either 

 cattle or horses, and is made by passing one end of the rope 



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