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—KNOTS, HITCHES, LASHINGS 285Draw Knot (Fig. 136).—This is tied just likea reef knot, except that after crossing the ends ata the right-hand end is bent back on itself to forma loop (Z>) ; then pass the left-hand end (c) overthe loop, draw it back down under it, and out overat d. Remember the sequence: over, under, over—to reverse it would produce a granny knot.True Bow Knot (Fig. 137).—This is the sameas the preceding save that both ends arc doubled back,and the loop e i? drawn down under and out over,in the direction of the arrow. This is the way tofasten your shoe laces securely.Slippery Hitch (Fig. 138). —^This is a very•common temporary fastening in tying up packages,fastening the painter of a boat to the ring of a pier,etc. A pull at the free end casts off the rope atonce. Liable to come undone by accident.Slippery Clove Hitch (Fig. 139).—^A veryuseful hitch for fishermen and others, as it canbe employed on a ring, eye knot, plain rope or line,or a pole or post. A ring is here used for illustration.Pass end of line up through the ring, downover it and behind the standing part of line, upover ring again (to the right) leaving an openloop at a; bend the end into a bight h, pass it backthrough loop a, and draw taut. It holds againstdirect strain as firmly as a clove hitch, but is freedinstantly by a tug at the free end.Running Bowline (Fig. 140). —This is merelya bowline with the main rope passed back throughthe large loop above h in Fig. 131. This forms aslip knot, its superiority to Fig. 135 being that itssmall loop cannot bind nor jam.Two ropes may be joined together by making abowline in the end of one and putting the end ofthe other through the bight, then forming with itanother bowline on its own part—a method oftenused with heavy ropes or hawsers.Running Noose with Stopper (Fio:. 141).A simple wav of picketing a horse with a lariat,