. St. Nicholas [serial]. slip just as easily as it did before. One of the simplest and most useful hints inthe knot series is that shown in the picturemarked for tying bundles. It is the invariablerule for any amateur, wrestling with a knot for abundle or anything that is to be tied with a sim-ple double knot, to tie the first knot, and then asksome one to place a finger on the knot to hold itwhile the second one is tied. Look at the picturefor a moment. You will see that the expert knot-maker has given an extra twist to the first it stays in place, and there is no necessityfor your
. St. Nicholas [serial]. slip just as easily as it did before. One of the simplest and most useful hints inthe knot series is that shown in the picturemarked for tying bundles. It is the invariablerule for any amateur, wrestling with a knot for abundle or anything that is to be tied with a sim-ple double knot, to tie the first knot, and then asksome one to place a finger on the knot to hold itwhile the second one is tied. Look at the picturefor a moment. You will see that the expert knot-maker has given an extra twist to the first it stays in place, and there is no necessityfor your own thumb or that of any one elsebeing called into service to keep the first knot inplace. In tying two pieces of string together, almostevery one ties the knot shown in the fourthpicture. This knot will not stand any is a granny knot. The right way to tie it isshown in the following picture. The loop of eachpiece is carried over both ends of the other piece,instead of over only one, and the knot will not O. HOW TO HITCH A LINE TO A POST. The proper way to hitch a line to a post is thesubject of another illustration. If a simple knotis tied, the sort of knot that every one will useunless shown how to tie it properly, the line willslip down the post, for there is nothing to tightenit. It should be tied as shown in the picture, withtwo loops, one over the other. It can easily beseen by a little study of the picture which showsthe hitch tightened to the post, how this grips andholds to the pole. It will repay any one to knots. Itmay take a little time, if one is not familiarwith the subject, to get firmly in mind how theknots should be tied; but once the idea is grasped,it can never get away, and the knack once ac-quired will prove of benefit every day of ones one can readily imagine many importantemergencies when this knowledge, having becomeso familiar as to be acted upon instinctively, mightbe of untold advantage to ourselves or others. THE
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