48 APPARATUS. 



Plate VII, Fig. 6, sheet bend. 

 VIII, 4, fishermen's bend. 

 VI, 6, clove hitch. 

 VIII, 2, loop slip. 

 9, gut knot. 

 VI, 5, timber hitch. 



To hitch a rope is to pass its end a round the 

 standing part, then bring it up through the bight, 

 and seize it to the standing part at b. This is 

 called a half-hitch, and two of these, one above 

 the other (Plate VI, fig. 6) is called a clove hitch. 



Plate VI, fig. 7, the bowline knot, is made by 

 laying the end of a rope a over the standing part 

 b, and turning a bight over the standing part then 

 leading the end round the standing part, through 

 the bite again. When this knot is drawn close 

 it makes a loop ; and when fastened to the crin- 

 gles of the sails they must break or the sails 

 split before it will slip. 



Plate VI, fig. 5, and Plate VII, fig, 8, are called 

 timber hitches, and are made by taking the end of 

 a rope a round the spar or timber-head, leading it 

 under and over the standing part b, and passing 

 several turns round its own part c. 



