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SINGLE-LOOP KNOTS

KNOT as quoted under'll: 1010, gives this method of tucking the end

of the knot to render it more secure.

1016. Luce and Ward, and also Nares, give this knot, based on

the BOWLINE, as the proper loop for the hook of a light tackle.

1017. The ANGLER'S Loop has the best lead of any loop and is one

of the best of sin~le loops for the ends of small lines such as fishline,

twine, etc. But as it jams, it is not suitable for rope. 10/8 101 ~

Take a long end (a little practice will show how long) and form

a bight. Hold as shown in the first diagram. Make two turns around

the finger tips, the nrst equaling the size of the proposed loop, the

second being snugly tahn around the small of the knot. Lead the

large turn over the second turn and through the first bight, and pull

taut.

1018. DEPARTMENT-STORE Loop. One of the commonest of Loop

KNOTS for tying bundles, but not a particularly strong one.

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1019. ESKIMO BOWSTRING Loop KNOT from an ethnological report

(Washington, 1892). The same knot is given in Diderot's Encyclo-

pedia of 1762 as a WEAVER'S KNOT for a loom adjustment. The knot

is also employed by anglers. Its merit is that the length of the loop

is easily altered, when necessary, after the knot has been tied.

1020. A SLIPPED Loop is used by anglers so that a leader does not

jam and is easily removed.

1021. An ADJUSTABLE Loop is another LEADER Loop with features

similar to 'II: 1019 and'll: 1020.
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1022. An improved ENGLISHMAN'S Loop (see'll: 1039). It is strong

and handsome but cumbersome. It may be untied by separating the

two knots Gf which it is composed and then capsizing them one at

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a tIme.

1023. The FARl\'lER'S HALTEr\. Loop does not slip and choke an

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animal that is being led. A SINGLE HITCH may be added around the

nose to allow easier leading. It is similar to 'II: 1018, but the loop is

rounder. In teaming, it is applied to hooks and stakes when lashing

a load.

1024. The BOWSTRING KNOT or HONDA KNOT appears to have been

used by the aborigines of several continents. It is the most compact

and open of all loops. Mexican and American cowboys have adopted

it for their lariats and call it the HOND.A KNOT. The end may be either

seized or knotted.

"T om Bowling" confused the BOWSTRING KNOT with the BOWLINE

KNOT, so that, amusingly enough, the BOWLING or BOWLINE KNOT,

proper, does not appear in "Bowling's" book!

1025. There are always people who believe that if a single ,thing is

good two are bound to be better. So they overburden theIr knots

with extra turns and flourishes. The accompanying knot, which is 1026 /02.1

often shown, is a good example of this, the previous knot being quite

adequate, and the latter no improvement over it.

1026. A STOPPED or SEIZED HALF HITCH is compact, strong, and

secure in large rope, and is much used by both sailors and riggers.

1027. The MIDSHIPMAN'S HITCH, seized or stopped, is another

semipermanent loop, one of the strongest. I 02.8

1028. An ESKIMO Loop or STRAP Loop, tied in rawhide. Make a

long slit near the end of a strap and a shorter slit in the bight at the

length desired for the loop.

Reeve the end through the bight slip for a short distance, next

reeve the loop that has been formed completely through the end slit,

and then carefully remove all superfluous turns and kinks from the

material.