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NIOHOLLS'S SEAMANSHIP AND NAUTICAL  KNOWLEDGE

NUMERAL HOISTS
Example.—Numeral signals are made without reference to the Code
book. If it were required to signal the number 2266, then the hoist
would appear—
No. 2 pend't

1st sub
No. 6 pend't
3rd sub
Example.—8i\
No. 5 pend't
1st sub
1st substitute means repeat the top
numeral of the hoist, which is 2, and 3rd
substitute means repeat the third num-
eral of the hoist, which is 6, thus mak-
ing the signal 2266.
the number 5555.
1st   substitute   means   repeat the   top
numeral.
2nd sub	|^>         2nd substitute means repeat the second
numeral ju»t as if No. 5 pendant had
3rd sub	L" ^^>	been hoisted instead of 1st substitute.
3rd substitute means repeat the third
numeral from the top, just as if No. 5
pendant had been hoisted instead of 2nd
substitute, thus making the signal 5555.
This is the extreme limit to which the use of the substitutes can go,
and no substitute can be used more than once in the same group.
Example.—To signal the fishing vessel registration number Y H 344,
we would hoist—

The 2nd substitute, in this sense, means
repeat the second numeral, viz., No. 4
pendant, because the 2nd substitute is in
the numeral part of the hoist, thus com-
pleting the signal JarmvutH 344.