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Square Lashing

 Use the square lashing for binding two poles that are at right angles, or square, with one another.

Place the poles in position. Tie a clove hitch around the bottom pole near the crosspiece. 
Twist the loose end of the clove hitch around the standing end and wrap it.
Make three tight wraps around both poles. As you form the wraps. lay the rope on the outside of each previous turn around the top pole...
...and on the inside of each previous turn around the bottom pole. 
Wind two fraps around the wraps, pulling the rope very tight.
Finish with a clove hitch around the top pole.

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