CHAPTER III 1 



ROPE 



The ability to tie a few useful knots and splice a rope is 

 of use not only to the sailor, but to the farmer, the con- 

 struction engineer, and the contractor. Indeed, there are 

 times when it is useful to people in nearly all walks of life. 



Only a few knots, hitches, and splices are shown, as it is 

 believed that the average person has not the time or per- 

 sistence to learn a large number of them so thoroughly that 

 he can make them at any time from memory. There are 

 several ways of tying some knots and more than one way 



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of making some of the splices and hitches, but only what is 

 considered to be the best way is shown. 



1 After J. B. Frear, Bulletin 136, University Minnesota Agricultural Experiment 

 Station. 



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