BENDS AND HITCHES

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and last hitches. It is principally used for securing the tail of a handy
billy or snatch block to a larger, rope, or when hanging off a rope with a
stopper.

Fig. 21, Rolling Hitch. Fig. 22.

Note that the' round turn in Fig. 20 is taken round both the standing
part a and the larger rope. The great value of this hitch is its non-
liability to slip in the4 direction B (Fig. 21). If, however, owing to an
extremely severe strain or other causes the hitch is inclined to slip,
the end c should be backed round part d of the first rope, that is, twisted
uround it in long lays in the opposite direction' to' that in which the
hitch was formed, and the end secured by a stop (Fig. 22.)

. 23.—Timber Hitch,