EESTKAINT OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



Figure 12 & illustrates the double 

 hitch or "Clove hitch" knot. This 

 knot is made J)j forming two loops 

 and throwing them together. This is 

 one of the principal knots used in 

 recumbent restraint with casting har- 

 ness and ropes. The half hitch knot 

 so often mentioned and used is sim- 

 ply a part of this double hitch knot 

 and is very simple in its formation. 

 Figure 127 represents the true 

 lovers' knot. This is a knot which 

 is simple in its formation; however, . 

 on account of its liability to slip or 

 become untied, it is of doubtful value in restraint technique. 



Fig. 126. Double Hitch Knot. 



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Fig. 127. True Lovers' Knot. 



Fig. 128. Slip Bow Knot. 



Figure 128 represents the slip bow knot. This knot is 

 easily and quickly made and can be conveniently untied by 

 making traction on one of its free ends. 



Fig. 129. Slip Knot or Loop. 



