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A'NOTS, HITCHES, LASHINGS 293or other round object, we wish to leave no knotshowing at either end. At the beginning, lay theend of the thread or twine lengthwise of the rodand take four turns around it {a) in "-he directionthat the end points. Draw taut, anc ^ut the projectingend off with a sharp knife. Then continue30ur winding almost as fa" as you wish ftto go. Now make a loop of a bit _i waxed thread(b), lay it lengthwise of the rod, as you did a,and wrap several turns over it. To finish this end,cut off your thread a few inches beyond the lastturn, slip it through the end of the projecting loop(c), and pull back on b until the end of the threadhas been drawn out at the point where the wrappingstarted around the loop ; then snip it off close.During the winding, be careful to keep an even tensionand the turns snug against each other. This isaccomplished by turning the rod itself, instead ofwinding the thread round and round. It will helpif you put the right-hand end of the rod againstthe far side of some support, so you can draw backon the thread while turning.Another way is to wind over a needle, insteadof a loop of thread, and, when you have gone farenough, pass the free end of your thread throughback.the needle's eye and draw itEither of these is a better way for lon^ windingsthan the common one of laying a loop alongthe rod the whole length of the wrapping, as youdid the end a, and drawing it back to finish off, asthe loop gives considerable trouble.In whipping the end of a rope so that the endmay not unravel, begin the same as above. Whenwithin three or four laps of the finish, make a loopwith the twine or yarn, holding the end firmly downwith the thumb, wind three or four turns around theloop, then pull it back and cut off the end.Anglers'* Knots.— I have already described thebest ways of joining lines together (Figs. 108-111)^arld of making loops on the ends of lines or leaders