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No. 2 now arranges the rear bight so that it will 

 lie on the rear part of the off load, drop in be- 

 tween the cargoes, along the backbone of the 

 aparejo. No. I assists from his side in so laying 

 the lash rope and seeing that it passes over and 

 rests on the forward part of the near load. 

 The position of the lash rope is now as shown in 

 Fig. 2. 



Fig. 3. No. 2 now takes the bight next to the cincha 

 (the standing part of the rope) and throws across 

 to No. 1 with a twist of the wrist. 



