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Plate VIII, fig. 5, is a maynus hitch, and is made 

 by passing two round turns with the end of a 

 rope over a spar a, then bringing it before the 

 standing part b, passing it again under the spar, 

 and up through the bight which it made, the 

 end part being jammed by the bight c. 



Plate VIII, fig. 1, the Blackwall hitch, is made 

 by putting a bight of a rope over the hook of a 

 tackle, as represented in the figure, and letting the 

 part a rest upon it, and the part b be jammed by 

 the standing part at the cross. This is used in 

 many ways, but generally with a lanyard when 

 setting up the shrouds on board a vessel. 



Plate VII, fig. 1, the diamond knot (and Plate 

 VIII, fig. G, single and double), is made by un- 

 laying the end of a hawser-laid rope for a con- 

 siderable length, and with the strands form three 

 bights down its side, holding them fast. Put the 

 end of the strand a over the strand b, and through 

 the bight of the strand c, as represented in the 

 figure ; then put the strand b over the strand c, 

 and through the bight formed by the strand a, 

 and the end c over a, and through the bight of b. 

 Haul these taut, lay the rope up again, and the 

 knot will appear like Plate VII, fig. 2. This knot 



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