. Handbook for rangers & woodsmen . ope.—This should be of 3^-inch cotton rope, , and fitted with a harness snap spliced into one end, theother end being ^Tapped with fine wire or heavy cord orelse knotted in a Turks head. See Knots, p. 325. An ironband, bearing an eye-screw, and especially designed for the pur-pose, is then fitted to the rope at a point far enough from thesnap to aUow the snap to be hooked into the eye after the ropehas been placed about the animals neck. The rope wiU costten cents and the iron band as much more. See c, Fig. 21. Hobbles.—A single hobble, sometimes
. Handbook for rangers & woodsmen . ope.—This should be of 3^-inch cotton rope, , and fitted with a harness snap spliced into one end, theother end being ^Tapped with fine wire or heavy cord orelse knotted in a Turks head. See Knots, p. 325. An ironband, bearing an eye-screw, and especially designed for the pur-pose, is then fitted to the rope at a point far enough from thesnap to aUow the snap to be hooked into the eye after the ropehas been placed about the animals neck. The rope wiU costten cents and the iron band as much more. See c, Fig. 21. Hobbles.—A single hobble, sometimes known as a picket hobble, and a pair of doublehobbles are illustrated in They are for use in tyingan animals legs together, andthus prevent it from strayingtoo far from camp. AU shouldbe of 13^-inch leather with 2-inch single strap Uning andequipped with chains and swiv-els. A picket hobble weighsabout one pound and costs$ or $; double hobbles weigh approximately thirtyounces and cost the same as picket Doulfle Holjble Fig. 22. Picket Hobble 26 HANDBOOK FOR RANGERS AND WOODSMEN
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