The halter, slip-knot, and hitching-tie.
The halter or slip knot is often convenient, but should never be used around the neck of an animal, for if either end is pulled it will slip and tighten, thereby strangling the creature.
First form a bight, then with one end of the rope make a single tie around the other rope ([Fig. 68]).
Half-Hitch
If you have anything to do with horses or boats you must know how to make the proper ties for hitching the horse to a post, or a boat to a tree, stump, or anything else that is handy.
The half-hitch is a loop around a rope with the short end secured under the loop ([Fig. 69]). This answers for a temporary, but not a secure, fastening.
Timber-Hitch
When you want a temporary fastening, secure yet easily undone, make a timber-hitch ([Fig. 70]). Pass the rope around an object, take a half-hitch around the rope, and pass the short end once more between the rope and the object.