SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
491 
Do not make the mistake of throwing the coil “up” ; 
throw it out over the water. 
The important points to remember when using a rope 
for rescue work are to fasten the free end so the rope 
will not slip out of reach; to coil the rope properly so 
it will not kink or knot when let out; and to make a 
Bowline large enough to go around the body. 
When a group of Scouts make a guard line, each 
girl makes a Bowline in the end of her rope, large 
enough to put her hand through, fastens her right-hand 
neighbor’s rope to it by means of a Sheet-bend and holds 
her portion of the line in place by using the Bowline 
in her rope for a handle. 
The purpose of the Half-hitch is to make fast an end 
of rope to a pole, post, etc. It is a knot that can be 
easily undone. It is used for hauling, fastening awning 
ropes, flag ropes, etc. 
To make a Half-hitch: 
Take the end in the right hand; 
Pass the end under and around the pole ; 
Around the standing part ; 
Under itself, forming a bight out of which the stand- 
ing part comes. 
