Page 55 - Alpheus Hyatt Verrill "Knots, Splices and Rope-Work"
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Another simple way of finishing a rope end is to seize the end, as at A, Fig. 104, and open
                   out the strands, bring the strands back alongside the rope, and whip the whole (Fig. 105).
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