SIMPLE KNOTS AND LOOPS.
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knotted with a simple perfect or double knot,
is
it
forms one of the most useful and easily made loops,
though
its
power of holding
Figs. 31, 52, or 33.
rope to permit
its
When being
not so great as either
is
there let
is
down
sufficient length of
double,
forms a
it
Fig. 31.
Fig. 29.
Fig. 30.
good loop
may 34
for lifting
inanimate objects, as the hitch
be lengthened and then drawn taut, though Fig.
is
more commonly used
for this purpose, as the
pressure and weight of the object tends to tighten the
grasp of the knot. the
"
The
best knot for this purpose
Running Bowline"
(Fig. 40).
passed backwards through the loop excellent shortening knot, but
is
If the B,
it
end a
is is
forms an
not adapted to bear
a hard strain. In
name
its
double shape, the running loop under the
of the
"TOMFOOL Knot"
(Fig. 30),
has achieved
greater renown than perhaps any knot of times.
modern
The Liverpool gentlemen- who introduced
3—2
it