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is shown inserted for tucking No. 3. Pull the splice up firmly and 
then proceed to splice the ends into the solid rope, as shown in 
Figs. 144 to 146. Pound the splice and roll it under the foot.” + 
9. Ropt Hater 
Object. To learn to make a rope halter. 
Materials. A rope of the size and length called for in the table, 
p. 356, and a marline spike. 
Directions. Measure from one end to A (Fig. 147, 1) the distance 
given in the table, and with a lead pencil mark the point. From 
A measure back toward the end the required distance to B and 
mark the rope. Bend the rope at A to form a bight, and lay it on 
the knees with the bend toward the right and the short rope away , 
from the body (see Fig. 147,1). Raise the top strand of the rope 
at B and pass the long end through under it away from the body, 
using the whole rope, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 147, 1, and 
pull the rope through until A is at the end of the loop as shown in 
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BS 
S 
Ga 
Gass 
Short End 
A 
Fie. 147.— Rope halter. Forming the eye. 
Fig. 147,2. Raise a strand on the top of the long end and pass 
the short end through under it from left to right, as indicated by 
the arrow in Fig. 147, 2, and pull up tightly as shown in Fig. 147, 3. 
From B measure along the short end the distance given in the table 
to C, and from B measure along the long end to D (Fig. 148, 1). 
1 Cornell Reading-Course Leaflet, Jan. 15, 1912. —H. W. Ruuey. 
