THE IRKIGATION AGE. 



spending point on the other side, then back to the 

 middle of the under jaw. Mark the rope at this 

 point, by binding it upon itself, and about 

 three inches from this point, on the long part of 

 the rope, raise one of the strands and run the 

 short end through so as to join an eye as 

 shown at A, in Figure 33. 

 About three inches farther along 

 on the long part of the rope 

 (B, in Figure 33), raise another 

 strand and put the short end 

 through again. Next place the 

 part B at the point at the side of 

 the face, where the square ring of 

 a leather halter would be, and 

 measure with the long part of the 

 rope around the nose to the point 

 just opposite B (C in Figure 33), 

 and, opening up the rope, run the 

 short end through for a distance 

 of six inches. Next separate the 

 strands of this six-inch end and 

 splice one into the head piece, one 

 into the nose piece and one into 

 the long end. Do this splicing 

 after the manner shown in the de- 

 scription of the short splice, grad- 

 ually thinning out each strand as 

 the splicing proceeds, so as to 

 make it taper off nicely. 



The halter is now to be com- 

 pleted by running the long end 

 through the loop A, in Figure 33, 

 and tying as shown in Figure 34. 



A whipped end is used to 

 finish the end of a halter or other 

 rope, so that it will not ravel, and 

 at the same time have it practi- 

 cally the same size as the original 

 rope, it may be wrapped with a 

 small cord as shown in Figures 

 35-40. The cord is started around 

 one strand as in Figure 35, and 

 then wound around as shown in 

 Figure 36. After a few turns the- 

 short end is doubled back to form 

 a loop as in Figure 37, and the 

 winding continued to near the 

 end. The long end is then passed 

 through the loop and drawn down 

 under the whipping by a pull on 

 the short end. Both ends are 



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then cut off close, leaving the re- 

 I suit shown in Figure 40. 



The spliced end furnishes an- 

 other very good way to finish a 

 rope end by splicing the end back 

 upon itself after the manner of the 

 short splice. To begin, bend one 

 strand over between the other two 

 as in Figure 41, then bend the 

 next strand over the end of the 

 first and the third over the end 

 of the second and under the loop 

 of the first as shown in the cuts. 

 Each end is then spliced around 

 a strand exactly as in making a 

 short splice. The ends are thinned 

 out as the work progresses and 

 the completed end looks likeFigure 48. 



The halter hitch, a good knot for tying a horse 

 or other animal, is illustrated by Figures 49-51. The 

 rope is first placed around the hitching post so that 

 the end is at the right hand. The end is then placed 

 around the standing part, back of the left hand, as 



