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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF KNOTS

1866. The SAMPAN HITCH is used very generally throughout the

East for tying up river boats, according to Captain E. H. Pentecost,

who first showed me the knot.

The end of the painter, after passing through the ring, is led back

to deck. The hitch is com leted by sticking successive 100 s. It is

instantly spilled from deck y a smart pull on the end of the ine.

1867. A TOGGLED BIGHT is sometimes labeled a BOAT KNOT by un-

nautical authorities but it does not appear suitable for a BOAT HITCH.

For hurried casting off, however, nothing is quicker than a toggle.

1868. The TEAMSTER'S HITCH is used when lashing a load to a

truck or wagon. A LONG OVERHAND Loop is tied, long enough so

that after sticking the bight through a ring the whole coil may be

rove through the bi ht. If the truck is fitted with hooks, the RING

HITCH is tied in han without any necessity for reeving. The end of

the 100 is folded back against the standing part and the hook stuck

throug the knot that is formed.

,&~l 1868 1869. A semipermanent loop sometimes used on the standing part

of a boat lashing consists of a CLOVE HITCH with the end tucked

twice through the lay. The end is sometimes stopped.

1870. The common way of securing a leather strap to a ring is to

make a lengthwise slit in the strap near the end and to pass the unslit

end through the ring and then through the slit.

1871. The LATIGO, CINCH or GIRTH KNOT which secures an Amer-

ican saddle to a horse's back is added to the cinch strap or latigo

after it has been passed several times through the two rings of the

16 71 saddle and girth. The cinch strap is tightened and then a Cow' HITCH

tied to the upper or saddle ring. The grain side of the strap is at all

times on the outside of the turns.

The same knot is sometimes made on a man's "Sport" belt, and

I have seen it tied in the rattlesnake-skin band on a ten-gallon hat.

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1872. This STRAP HITCH to a ring has already been shown in de-

tail as # I 705 and # 1706. The knot is started as in the first two figures

and attached to the ring as in the last.

1813 1873. To tie up to a ringbolt on a wharf when the tide is dropping.

It is sometimes difficult to free the whole length of a painter from

a ring. If the painter is long this knot will be found most conven-

ient. Reeve a bight through the ring and bring it down to the boat

just above deck. Put a SINGLE HITCH with the standing part around

the downhanging loop or bight, just as you would start a SHEEP-

SHANK KNOT. Then reeve a bight from the loose end of the painter

as shown in the second drawing. By pulling on the end the whole

knot is easily spilled and withdrawn.

1874. Another knot for the same purpose may be tied either

close to the ring or near the deck, and is also spilled by pulling on

the end. Start as a BOWLINE WITH A BIGHT. Arrange the bight as in

the middle diagram and add a SLIP Loop.

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