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278 CAMPING AND WOODCRAFTcalled a "round turn and two half hitches," or simplya "sailor's knot." It is one of the most useful andeasily made knots known.Fisherman's Bend (Fig. ii6) or AnchorBend.—^Take two turns round the object, as above,then make two half hitches, the first of which isslipped under both turns.A very secure fastening,but can only be made on a slack line. Chiefly used forbending a rope to a ring or to the shackle of andiurhor, or for attaching a line to the bail of abucket.Blackwall Hitch (Fig.117).—Simplest of allhitches. Used to attach the end of a rope to a hook,where the strain is steady. The strain on the firstturn jams the end between it and the hook.Clove Hitch (Figs. 1 18-120).—^This is one ofthe simplest and yet most useful fastenings everinvented. It can be made under strain, will notslip on itself nor along the pole, and can easily becast loose. It has numberless applications, frommooring vessels to setting up staging or reducing adislocated thumb. Every woodsman should learnin various positions.to make itTo make it on a post, hold the rope in the lefthand, give it a t^vist toward you with the right,and it automatically forms a loop (Fig. 118, a);hold this with the finger and thumb, give anothertwist in the same direction, and a second loop isformed {b) \ now, for the next move, bring b undera, as in the middle figure, slip them both overthe post, shove them tight together, and haul taut.In this way a boat is moored, or a rope fastenedto a tent pin, almost as quick as you would bat aneye.Next learn to make the clove hitch on a long poleor other object that the loops cannot slip over: forinstance, a horizontal rail. With rope coming frombehind, pass the end forward over the rail, downand around it, back over the rope, up and overas in Fi^. 119, and then bring the end out throughthe opening c.