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KNOTS, HITCHES, LASHINGS 291mon slip knot like Fig. 135(start an overhand knot,a. Fig. 156, but instead of drawing the end bthrough, leave it inside a^ forming the upper loopc). Put the lower loop a down over the neck ofthe bottle with c over top of cork, draw taut, runthe free ends up over the cork and tie them alongsideof c.Handcuff Knot (Fig.157).—Make a slip knotlike the first part of Fig. 156, but return the endb back through the open knot so as to form a doubleloop or bow. Slip these loops over a man's wrists,draw taut,tie the loose ends firmly around the centralpart with a reef knot and you have him securedin a way that would baffle a "handcuff king."A prisoner can be secured even with a piece of fishlineby tying his thumbs together behind his backwith thisknot.Never fasten a prisoner's single wrist to yourown: that would place him on equal terms. Ifhe protests that the cords hurt him, or feigns sickness,*Svatch w^ell lest you cure him too quickly "Ledger Lashing (Fig. 158).— A scaffold ledgeror other horizontal stick is lashed to a vertical timberin the way here shown.Putlog Lashing (Fig. 159).—^A putlog or othersquared timber may be roped to a horizontal polein the manner illustrated.Malay Hitch (Fig. 160).—This is a quick wayto fasten together wisps of grass, reeds, etc., formatting, or poles, planks, or other material for sidingof temporary quarters. The w^hole affair canbe shaken apart in a few moments leaving no knotsin the ropes.Paling Hitch (Fig.161).—Used by Indians ofthe olden time to set up the framework of theirhouses, rawhide ropes being employed, which wereput on wet and shrank very tight in drying. Withropes or vines, it can be used to secure small polesas palings to horizontal ones between posts, in makinga tight fence around camp.