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To undo this shortening, it is only necessary to slip out the free end, or the bit of wood,
and pull on the end, when the entire knot will quickly unravel.
The "Twist," or "Double Chain," is made in a similar manner but is commenced In a
different way (A, Fig. 71). It may also be made with three separate pieces of line, as
shown in B, Fig. 71.
