Boat-Building and Boating

by Daniel Carter Beard

[Fig. 187], D. Another timber-hitch, called the "clove-hitch."

[Fig. 187], E. "Hammock-hitch," used for binding bales of goods or cloth.

[Fig. 187], F. "Lark-head knot," used by sailors and boatmen for mooring their crafts.

[Fig. 187], P shows a lark-head fastening to a running knot.

[Fig. 187], G is a double-looped lark-head.

[Fig. 187], H shows a double-looped lark-head knot fastened to the ring of a boat.

Fig. 187½.—Timber-hitches, etc.

[Fig. 187], I is a "treble lark-head." To make it you must first tie a single lark-head, then divide the two heads and use each singly, as shown in the diagram.