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SUB3VIAEINE CABLE LAYING AND REPAIKING. 



manilla. Everything is now overboard and ready to launch, 

 and it only remains to lower the buoy into the water by the 

 tackle. The buoy is slung to the tackle by a detaching hook, 



Bridle « * 



Cham. \iMooring chain 



Submarine cable. 



iv.oortng- chain.- -' — 3^ 



Fig. 132.— Manner of Buoying Cable. 



H (Fig. 133). This is set into a ring on the buoy as shown, 

 and is pivoted at P, and kept in an upright position by the 

 trigger T. To free the buoy, the line L is pulled on deck, 

 lifting the trigger and freeing the hook, which, pulled down by 



