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Key:
f tuck one wend

tuck one stand

^----- a shuff le or shunt
of adjacent knot parts
- swap a wend & its stand

Fig. 7. A Map of the Bends
Using this map, trambles could be planned in advance. Where gaps ex-
isted unknown bends might be deduced. For example, there must be a looking-
glass land containing the same bends (but with opposite handedness) and the
dotted lines hint at simplified connections to this other uncharted territory.

The Tramble Talisman
But a two-dimensional map of the bends could not cope with the rich com-
plexity of trambling. The Alphabend too (although twice amended) was soon