Leaders. 



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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. 



Pig. 23. 



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

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

 with each short part around each long part. The knots 

 are then drawn tight where they are made ; then upon 

 pulling on the long ends the two ordinary knots will 

 slide together, when they should be well shaken while 

 under strain, as and for the purpose above set forth. 

 This is known as the " single water-knot." The " double 

 water - knot " is generally used for this purpose, since 

 then it is claimed the ends can be cut off as close as pos- 

 sible without danger of slipping, and this is true. It is 

 tied in the same way as the single water - knot, except 

 that each short part is passed twice around the neighbor- 

 ing long parts instead of but once, and the end of each 

 short part is passed through both the loops so formed. 



Fig. 24. 



