Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 323
f eitherof the loops divides the parts passing through it,you have made what sailors call a granny, whichwill slip. Ends of different-sized lines cannot betied securely together by this knot. A Bowline Knot. (Fig. 2.)Make fast one end of your line. Take a turn orgooseneck, C, in standing part, and… … FIG. 3. BOWLINE UPON BIGHT. FIG. 4. BECKET HITCH. it, but is simplest to describe. If you would tiethe knot in true nautical style, lay the end partacross the standing part, and with a turn of the left A KNOTTY SUBJECT. 30I wrist place the gooseneck, C, over it. Finish asbefore. A Bowline upon a…
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