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77 This is an ideal method of covering an object which is
both cylindrical and circular as the gaps which form at the
bottom of the bights are naturally taken up by the
Cockscom- roundness of the ring.
It is essentially a question of making forwards and
backwards hitches alternately, Figs 1 and 2. showing the
bing, Single formation of the first, drawn tight in Fig 3. The next hitch
is made backwards, Figs 4 and 5, and so on alternately,
Stranded Figs 6 and 7, until the ring is completely covered, Fig 8.
Cow Hitch
This is a useful knot provided that both standing parts
share the load but usually it is the result of a wrongly
made clove hitch, when it becomes useless. Fig 3 shows
a typical cow hitch.
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