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A similar method may be used with loops instead of deadeyes (Fig. 99).













                   The belaying-pin splice, shown in Fig. 100, is a quick and handy way of fastening two
                   ropes together and is of great value when rigging is carried away and some quick method
                   of joining the severed ends is required. Pass a belaying-pin or similar toggle through an
                   eye or loop in one end of a rope and pass this through a loop or eye in the broken rope
                   end. Form a loop in the other broken end, slip the free end of the lanyard through this and
                   around another toggle or pin and haul taut; then fasten by half-hitches around standing
                   part (A, Fig. 100), or by seizing (B, Fig. 100). This is a strong, reliable fastening and can
                   be tightened up or instantly thrown off at will.





















                     The necklace tie is useful in holding two ropes, hawsers, or timbers side by side (Fig.
                    101). The lashing is passed around and around the two objects to be joined and the ends
                                 secured by a square knot passed around the band lengthwise.
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