Camp, Walter, 1859-1925, ed · New York, P. F. Collier & son · leaf 129
thiscan be done by means of a TIMBER HiTCH (Fig. 23).When jammed tight it will not slip; yet it can be cast off in a moment. When a rope has to be attached temporarily to ahook {e.g. to the hook of a tackle) in order to get apull on it, a Blackwall Hitch (Fig. 24) is em-ployed, 97 sports and Games… … Fig. 25. setting up, the tail end of the tackle is fastened to theshroud with this hitch. In the figure the Jiitch ap-pears with its parts loose; but these, of course, haveto be drawn together and jammed before applyingthe strain.
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