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Cow hitch or lark’s head: when formed intentionally, the cow hitch is used to secure a line with equal
  strain at both ends, which must lie in the same direction, to a ring or spar. However, the hitch is often

  arrived at unintentionally when trying to form a round turn and two half hitches, and the second half
  hitch is wrongly formed in the opposite direction to the first.


























































                                                         figure 37


  To form the cow hitch, take a turn around the ring, and pass the end over the standing part. Then take a

  second turn, but in the opposite direction to the first, and tuck the end under itself, thereby forming a
  second standing part. The completed knot is shown in figure 37.
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