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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
The knot will stay in place so long as the rope is taut. 
If it is necessary to shorten a rope when neither end 
is held fast, make the Sheep-shank and pass each end 
through the bight nearest to it. 
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When in uniform a Girl Scout hangs her rope on a 
belt-hook placed in her belt or skirt-binding. 
To have the rope in a convenient form : 
Make two loops five or six inches long at one end 
of the rope; 
Leaving a small bight at the top to go over the hook, 
bind the loops together by winding the standing part 
around them; 
Hold the end fast by putting it through the remain- 
ing bight. 
To serve or whip the ends of a Scout rope so they 
will not fray: 
Take a piece of soft twine twelve or fourteen inches 
long ; 
Make a loop two inches long at one end; 
Lay the loop on the rope, the end of the twine ex- 
tending beyond the rope end an inch; 
Bind the rope and loop together by winding the stand- 
ing part tightly and closely around them; 
Slip the end down through the loop, which must not 
be entirely covered by the binding; 
Pull the other end of the twine and draw the loop 
under the binding. 
As the twine will be held fast, the ends can be cut off 
close to the rope. 
