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KNOTS, HITCHES, LASHINGS 289Can Sling (Fig. 154) or Butt Sling.—Toimprovise a bucket or a paint pot out of a can: passthe end of the cord under the bottom of the can,bring the two parts over it and make with them aloose overhand knot (b) ; draw the two parts downuntil they come around the upper edge of the can;haul taut, and knot them together over the can (a).To sling a barrel or cask, draw the two parts aroundthe swell of the cask, near the middle, and leave twoends free to haul by.Lashings.— I have space to show only a few ofthe more useful lashings.Parcel Lashing (Fig. 155).—Make a bowlineknot in end of rope and run the standing partthrough it, thus forming a running bowline. Passthis loop around one end of the parcel (a) and cinchup (i.e. J draw taut). Run the line to b^ and therethrow a loop around the other end of the parcel,crossing the rope as at d (not b). Run the ropeon around to the other side and take a turn aroundthe cross rope as at b (under, over, over, and under),cinch and do the same at the other cross rope oppositea. Bring the rope around the end to Cj andthere hitch it fast by passing end over the crossrope above bowline, under the part running lengthwise,over bowline (cinch up), back over and underitself; then make a similar hitch with it in the reversedirection, and, if extra security Is needed,make a third over the first at b.This lashing is easy to cinch up, easy to castoff, and leaves the rope then w^ith no knot in it.Packing Hitches.—^The various hitches usedin packing on animals, with aparejo, sawbuck saddle,riding saddle, or merely with a piece of rope, are sonumerous and require so much description that thereis no room for them in this book. See the excellentspecial treatise by Lieut. C. J. Post on Horse Packing(Outing Pub. Co., New York).Bottle Cork Tie (Fig. 156).—Make a com-