No. 17. Capstan knot, or bowline. After tightening it will not slip.
No. 18. Timber hitch, for carrying scaffold poles. Take one turn round the pole and standing part, and finish with jamming turns.
No. 19. Artificer’s knot, or half hitch and overhand.
No. 20. Topsail halliard bend, used as a timber hitch.
No. 21. Bowline on a bight. A board across the loops makes a useful seat.
No. 22. Racking or nippering is a method of temporarily joining two ropes for lengthening purposes. The ends are laid side by side for about 18 inches, and the marline or spunyarn is taken for about a dozen turns round both, then by round turns over all and fastened with a reef knot.
Nos. 23 and 24. Round seizing. With a slip knot at the end of the spunyarn take a turn round the ropes to be nipped together. This turn should be pulled tight, and continued for about a dozen turns (No. 22); then take the end through the last turn, and take turns over the first laid, finishing by carrying the spunyarn two or three times between the rope and the seizing. Knot the end by jamming turns, keeping the whole well taut (No. 24).
PLATE V.
Plate V.—No. 25. Butt or barrel sling when placed horizontally.