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STJBMAKINE CABLE LAYING AND BEPAIEING. 



eye passed over a hook, and the tails of the stopper taken one 

 on each side of the cahle, and held up above the same, one 

 in each hand. They are then crossed and folded downwards 



Fig. 174.— Cable Stoppered at Bows. 



over the cable, one end (say. A) overlapping the other (B). 

 They are then crossed and brought up again, this time B over- 

 lapping A on the underside of cable ; again crossed and folded 



Fig. 174a. 



down, A overlapping B as at fist, and again crossed and folded 

 up, B overlapping A, and so on, up to the end of stopper. 

 Thi§ alternate overlapping is shown in the sketch exactly as it 



