SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
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Take the end in the right hand; 
Draw the rope toward you over the palm of the left 
hand, measuring off as much as is needed to make the 
required size loop; 
Drop the end; 
Make a small bight in the palm of the left hand by 
turning the rope toward the ends of the fingers; 
Take the end in the right hand ; 
Pass it up through the bight; 
Back of and around the standing part ; 
Down through the bight; 
Pull the end and the rope forming the loop against 
the standing part. 
When the Bowline is used for hoisting or lowering 
a person, as in case of fire, the loop should be large 
enough to be used as a seat; it should be passed over 
the head and shoulders, the standing part in front of 
the body, to be held on to with both hands. 
When using a rope for a life-line: 
Fasten securely one end to something that will not give. 
Make a Bowline at the other end of the line large 
enough to go over the head and shoulders; 
Hold the knot in the right hand, the end toward you ; 
Take the standing part in the left hand, measure off 
about three feet of rope; 
Draw the rope toward you, pass it over the palm of 
the right hand and hold fast. 
Again measure off the same amount, draw the rope 
toward you, pass it over the palm of the right hand, and 
hold fast; 
Continue this process until enough rope is coiled to 
more than cover the distance to the person in the water. 
Grasp the coil firmly in the right hand; 
Hold the standing part in the left hand; 
Draw the right arm back from the shoulder; 
