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Transcriber's Notes:

Corrected spellings
'casualities' to 'casualties'
'Midshipmen's hitch' to 'Midshipman's hitch'
Illustration for Timber Hitch is Fig. 38, not Fig. 32
There is no Fig. 134.

KNOTS, SPLICES and ROPE WORK

A PRACTICAL TREATISE

Giving Complete and Simple Directions for Making All the Most Usefuland Ornamental Knots in Common Use, with Chapters on Splicing,Pointing, Seizing, Serving, etc. Adapted for the Use of Travellers,Campers, Yachtsmen, Boy Scouts, and All Others Having to Use or HandleRopes for Any Purpose.

By

A. HYATT VERRILL

Editor Popular Science Dept., "American Boy Magazine."

SECOND REVISED EDITION

Illustrated with 156 Original Cuts Showing How
Each Knot, Tie orSplice is Formed and Its
Appearance When Complete.

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I

CORDAGE

Kinds of Rope. Construction of Rope. Strength of Ropes. Weight ofRopes. Material Used in Making Ropes.

CHAPTER II

SIMPLE KNOTS AND BENDS

Parts of Rope. Whipping and Seizing Rope. Loops. Cuckolds' Necks.Clinches. Overhand and Figure-eight Knots. Square and Reef Knots.Granny Knots. Open-hand and Fishermen's Knots. Ordinary Knots andWeavers' Knots. Garrick Bends and Hawser Hitches. Half-hitches.

CHAPTER III

TIES AND HITCHES

Larks' Heads. Slippery and Half-hitches. Clove Hitches. Gunners' Knotsand Timber Hitches. Twists, Catspaws, and Blackwall Hitches. ChainHitch. Rolling and Magnus Hitches. Studding-sail and Gaff-topsailHalyard Bends. Roband and Fisherman's Hitches.

CHAPTER IV

NOOSES, LOOPS, AND MOORING KNOTS

Waterman's Knot. Larks' Heads with Nooses. Cleat and Wharf Ties.Bow-line Knots. Loops and Loop Knots.

CHAPTER V

SHORTENINGS, GROMMETS, AND SELVAGEES

Two-, Three-, and Fivefold Shortenings. Single Plaits and MonkeyChain. Twist Braids and Braiding Leather. Open Chains. Seized and BowShortenings. Sheepshanks and Dogshanks. Grommets. Selvagee Straps andSelvagee Boards. Flemish and Artificial Eyes. Throat Seizings. Lashed Splices.

CHAPTER VI

LASHINGS, SEIZINGS, SPLICES, ETC.

Wedding Knots and Rose Lashings. Deadeye a

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