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APPENDIX 



Half Hitch and Seizing — ^ simple, semi-permanent loop 



Midshipman's Hitch — A much better way of making the 

 above, for the rope jams itself, and there is but 

 little strain on the seizing. A man overboard catch- 

 ing a rope can make this — passing the bight be- 

 tween his legs and pressing the ropes together in 

 his grasp in place of seizing. He could not tie a 

 bowling or a jioose unless he had slack. 



