How to amuse yourself and others : the American girl's handy book (1887)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 115
in which the rope is tied iscalled a true-lovers knot,and can readily be fash-ioned by studying the dia-gram. Small nails driventhrough the rope where itcrosses the back of the oarwill keep the loops fromslipping out of place. The remaining four spikes are to suspend the hat-rack from, andmust be…
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