Page 18 - Knots, Splices and Rope Work: A Practical Treatise

It consists
simply of a
number of
half-hitches
taken at

intervals
around the
object and is
sometimes
used with a

lever or
handspike, as
shown in Fig.
47.

The “Rolling
Hitch” is
a
modified

Clove
hitch and
is shown
in Fig.
48.

The
“Magnus
Hitch”
(Fig. 49)
is a
method
frequently used on

shipboard for holding
spars;

and the “Studding-
sail Bend” (Fig. 50) is
also used for this
purpose.