PLATE III.
Plate III.—No. 1. Overhand or thumb knot. Prevents the end of a rope opening out or passing through the sheaves of a block.
No. 2. Figure of eight knot. Used as No. 1.
No. 3. Square or reef knot. Will sometimes jam with small ropes.
No. 4. The knot we all make until we learn better, known as the granny, and will both slip and jam.
No. 5. The bend or weaver’s knot, used for joining ropes together or securing a rope through an eye splice.
No. 6. Wolding stick hitch, is serviceable only in connection with a pole used as a lever.
No. 7. Bale sling, for hanging on to hook of lifting tackle.
No. 8. Magnus hitch, or rolling hitch, for lifting material.