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SUBMARINE CABLE LAYING AND REPAIRING. 



end being heaved in to allow a sufficient length for making 

 splice and then stoppered inboard at bow baulks. When the 

 splice is completed, as shown in Fig. 170, the drum is driven 

 backwards as in picking-up, and the slack of cable lying about 

 the deck wound in on the drum. 



Fig. 170.— Preparing to Pay-out from Bows. 



The winding-in is continued until the strain is taken off the 

 stoppers and transferred to the drum and brake. The stoppers 

 are then removed and the cable is in a fair way for paying out 

 over the bows. 



Cable Stoppers. — On cable ships, for use in stoppering cable, 

 two iron frames, similar in shape to that illustrated in Fig. 171, 

 are usually j&xed, about 4f6. apart, close to the bow baulks. 



Fig. 171.— Deck Hooks for Stoppering. 



The position of these frames on the deck is indicated in plan in 

 Fig. 170. Each frame supports two or three strong wrought- 

 iron hooks, bent downwards as shown in Fig. 172, and to these 

 hooks are attached the eyes of the rope stoppers used in fixing 

 the cable. 



The rope stopper is made out of a piece of Sin. or 4 in,, 

 Manilla about 13 ft. long. First an eye or loop is made 



