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Fig. 78 



Fig. 79 



Fig. 80 



whole strands. Have the 

 slope of the twist the same 

 as the slope of the twist in 

 the other whole strands, 

 for these two parts make 

 a whole strand again. 



12. Cut the ends of the 

 parts of strands off a short 

 distance from the rope as 

 shown in Figure 80. 



13. Finish one of the 

 other pairs of strands by 

 first loosening the hitch and 

 cutting off the long strand, 

 leaving it equal in length 

 to the short one as shown 

 in Figure 81. The re- 

 mainder of the work of 

 finishing this pair is exactly 

 the same as for the center 

 pair, starting with step 

 No. 8. 



14. Finish the third pair 

 in a similar way and the 



Fig. 81 



Fig. 82 



