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2191. To sling a mtm who is incapacitated. Tie either a PORTU-
GUESE BOWLINE, a BOWLINE in the bight or else a SPANISH BOWLINE.
Put each leg through one loop of the BOWLINE and make a SINGLE
HITCH in the standing part around the man's chest, close under his
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armpIts.
2192. To sling a horse,. for hoisting from a lighter: Take a length
of heavy canvas, one and a half times the girth of the horse and one
cloth wide. Double this lengthwise, then middle and sew a three-inch
(circumference) boltrope to the selvage edge down each side of the
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sling, leaving loops at both ends two feet long and splicing the ends
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together. A breastplate, a breeching and a martingale of doubled
canvas six inches wide are also to be made. One end of each of these
is sewed to the sling and the other end has a strong eyelet hole
worked into it. The boltrope of the sling proper has two cringles
(j~ 2843) worked into it for lashing the lanyards of the breastplate
and breeching. The martingale eyelet is lashed to the halter ring and
the head of the horse should be hove well down. A strong lanyard
is lashed to one of the large loops in the ends of the sling proper.
When the sling is in place this lanyard is employed to seize the two
supporting loops and hold them together as snugly as possible. The
other lanyards are sliced to the martingale, the breastplate and the
breeching eyelets. I the horse is a heavy or a fractious one, kicking
straps may be added. Be certain that the animal is well blindfolded.
2193. Odd-shaped merchandise will have various projectiom
which may be utilized in lashing. This usually simplifies the task
instead of complicating it. Such objects may be put into a cargo
net if not too heavy. All small packages are handled in this way in-
cluding the passengers' luggage.
The construction of a cargo net is described in Chapter 41.
2194. STEEL WIRE CARGO SLINGS are fitted with oversize thimbles as
pictured, and the doubled wire itself is racked with marline and then
• served over. Often it is covered with hose pipe .
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2195. Sling "dogs" are closely related to can and span hooks (page
349)' Logs are hoisted with single "dogs" which are driven into the
log with a maul; bales of wool, cotton, jute and Manila fiber are
hoisted with forked or double dogs, which are also hammered into
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place and later removed with a crowbar.
2196. A tank is slung with an iTon toggle inserted in the manhole.
2197. Inside tongs are employed in hoisting iron pipes and small
tanks.
2198. Outside tongs are employed in hoisting ice, baled hay and
other merchandise that will not be injured by the treatment.
2199. To shorten an ordinary slings after a BALE HITCH has been
applied. Arrange the slack into two equal loops, half knot the two
loops together, and clap them over the hook.
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