APPENDIX 



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N. B. — In the following diagrams the knots, hitches, 

 bends, etc., are shown open. They should be tightened 

 and jammed to hold. 



Running Knot — or slip knot. 



^S 



Figure Eight Knot— Us^d for the same purpose as thumb 

 knot. 



Thumb or Overhand Knot — Used in end of rope to keep it 

 from fraying or running through sheave of a block. 



