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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.
