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ENGINEERING ON THE FARM 



4. Draw the overhand knot that 

 tight, and the finished knot should 



Fig. 47 



Fig. 48 



has been formed up 

 appear as shown in 

 Figure 46. 



Spliced eye. The 

 spliced eye is used to 

 fasten a rope per- 

 manently into a ring 

 or eye, or to make 

 a permanent loop at 

 the end of a rope. 

 The same method 

 may be used for 

 splicing one rope 

 into the side of 

 another. Learn to 

 make the short splice 

 (page 50) before try- 

 ing to make the 

 spliced eye, then fol- 

 low these directions: 



1. Unlay the 

 strands about five 

 turns, and start 

 strand 1 under any 

 strand as shown at 

 point B in Figure 

 47. The distance 

 from A to B should 

 be enough to make 

 an eye of the de- 

 sired size. 



2. Draw strand 1 

 through the rope 

 and start strand 2 



under the next strand at point B as shown in Figure 48. 

 Be sure not to get strand 3 in the place of strand 2. 



