[Craigin, Harry] [from old catalog] · Boston, D. Lothrop & co · leaf 213
ft hand at a, andthen with the right hand passthe end b up through the bight,around behind the main partof the rope at c and down infront of it through the bightagain as in d. Draw this tightand you have the much-talked-of Bowline. It is a verysimple matter, as you see; but with it you can make… … FIG. 5.—THE BOWLINE. KNOTS, HITCHES AND SPLICES. 209 pet pony or the bleating calf out to feed upon thefresh grass. While speaking still of the ends of ropes, let usstop and learn to fasten them off properly to pre-vent their untwisting or fraying out. The painter ormain-sheet of your boat,…
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