Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 324
ROLLING HITCH BLACKWALL HITCH. in simple bowline, and pass B up through it (seedotted lines, Fig. 3). So far, the knot is practicallythe same; but now B must be pulled through C,and spread open sufficiently to bend it downwardand over the larger bights, C and D, and then upagain until it surrounds… … SHEEP-SHANK. ing a person from a window in case of fire wouldbe to shorten one of the bights at D, let the personsit in the longer bight, and put the shorter onebehind the back and under the arms. The bow-line in its different forms is perhaps the most usefulof knots, being perfectly secure and…
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