ing the tail of a handy billy or snatch block to a larger rope, or
when hanging off a rope with a stopper.

[Illustration: Fig. 25. Fig. 26. Fig. 27.]

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Note that the round turn in (Fig. 26) is taken round both the standing
part _a_ and the larger rope. The great value of this hitch is its
non-liability to slip in the direction _B_ (Fig. 27). If, however,
owing to an extremely severe strain or other causes the hitch is
inclined to slip, the end _e_ should be backed round part _d_ of the
first rope, that is, twisted around it in long lays in the opposite
direction to that in which the hitch was formed, and the end secured by
a stop (Fig. 28).

[Illustration: Fig. 28.]

(12). A Timber Hitch is a useful way of securing a rope quickly to a
plank, but when there is to be a long and continuous strain, or when it
is required to keep the end of a piece of timber pointed steadily in
one direction, it should be supplemented with a half hitch (Figs. 29,
30).

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[Illustration: Fig. 29. Fig. 30.]

The timber hitch itself consists simply of a half hitch taken with a
rather long end, which is used up by twisting it back around its own
part of the hitch. In Fig. 29 the hitch is purposely left very loose
so that its formation may be the more easily seen.

(13) +A Fisherman's Bend+ is formed by taking two round turns around
the object to which the rope is to be secured, and then backing the end
round in the form of a half hitch under both the standing part and
second round turn. The end may be further secured by taking a half
hitch {16} around its own part or by stopping it to it (Figs. 31, 32),
the dotted line showing the next direction the end _c_ must take.

[Illustration: Fig. 31. Fig. 32.]

It is used when securing a hauling line to the ring of the kedge, or
for bending a rope to a bucket, etc., and is often called a bucket
hitch.

(14). +A Topsail Halyard Bend+.--This bend is never seen in deep water
ships, but is sometimes used on board yachts. It is commenced in a
similar manner to a fisherman's bend, but three round turns are first
taken around the spar, the end being backed around the standing part
_a_ and then led under all three turns as in Fig. 33, and then again
backed over the last two round turns and under the first, as shown in
Fig. 34.

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[Illustration: Fig. 33. Fig. 34.]

(14). +A Stun'sail Halyard Bend+ is simply a Fisherman's bend with the
end backed again over the las