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SUBMARINE CABLE LAYING AND REPAIRING, 



or two of the slip ropes round the bollards taken o&, while two 

 gangs of men stationed at A A (Fig. 187) stand by the slip ropes 

 and ease them away carefully, taking care to do so at equal speed 



Fig. 187.— Deck Plan. Final Splice. 



(Fig. 188). The weight of the bight of cable as it descends of 

 course exerts a considerable pulling force on the ropes, but the 

 turns round the bollards easily hold it, and the slip ropes can 



Fig. 188.— Slipping Final Splice. 



]>8 eased away to a nicety. As the end of the ropes stoppered 

 to cable approach the bow sheaves the ropes are tied to the 

 cables closer inboard, so that rope and cable on either side 



