488 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
2a. Sheet Bend: Loose 
To make a Sheet-bend: 
Make in the end of the larger rope a small bight or 
use the permanent loop in its place; 
Pass the end of the smaller rope up through the bight; 
Under the bight; 
Over the bight; 
Under its own part; 
Pull the loops tight. 
This is the way the Girl Scout tied the rope together 
for the stage hands. 
3. Bowline-Knot 
If the people on the bridge at Niagara Falls had made 
a Bowline-knot in the end of the rope before throwing 
it as a life-line they might have saved one if not three 
lives. A Bowline is used chiefly for hoisting and lower- 
ing ; it can be used for a halter or with the Sheet-bend in 
making a guard-line or fence. It is a knot holding fast 
a loop which can be made of any size and which will 
not jam or give. 
To make a Bowline-knot: 
