52 APPARATUS. 



the end part of a rope ; a half-hitch round the 

 standing part b, and under the turns a; then 

 another half-hitch around the standing part b. 

 This is used for bending the studdingsail-halyards 

 to the yard. 



Plate VI, fig. 6, the clove hitch, is so simple 

 that it need not be described beyond stating that 

 it is made with two half-hitches. 



Plate VIII, fig. 2, the loop slip, is merely made 

 by taking two lines with loops worked at the end ; 

 in fixing it, one loop is put over the other, and 

 then the end thrust through the protruding loop 

 and hauled taut. 



Plate VIII, fig. 9, tliGffut knot, is an exceedingly 

 useful one for fastening gut together in fishing, 

 and made by simply making a common knot 

 round the gut with the piece to be attached, and 

 then, by reversing it, fastening the end of the 

 other piece in a similar way ; the ends are then 

 fixed with silk well waxed. 



Plate VI, fig. 5, is the timber hitch ; in fig. 4 

 also. 



