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the lash-rope should be fastened to a short wide cincho, to 

 the other end of cincho a stubby wooden hook, made of the 

 forked limb of any tough wood; it requires a man qn each 

 side of the pack to do the lashing. The man on the near 

 side of the animal takes the lash-rope and throws the end 

 that has no hook on out to the rear of the animal on the 

 ground. See that is well stretched out without kinks, draw 

 the rope over the pack lengthwise that is from tail toward 

 head of the animal throw the cincho or hook end under 

 the animal's belly, for the man on the other side; then cast 

 over the pack the rope doubled, the doubled part must go 

 over the part of the rope laying on the pack, the opposite 

 man must hook the loop end of the double rope on the wooden 

 hook, then the part of the long end of the rope laid the length 

 of the pack ; that is, the left hand rope must be thrown around 

 the right corner of the pack, over to the right, passed back 

 under the rope around the animal and around the left 

 corner of the load, then the long end of the rope should be 

 cast in a loop over the opposite side of the pack, pass the end 

 under the left hand rope; that is, over or across the pack, 

 then everything is ready for drawing up. The man on the 

 off side must draw the rope through the cincho, hook as 

 tight as he can; the man on the near side takes up the 

 slack and follows it around the pack, drawing the rope 

 tight as he goes, then fasten the end by tucking two or 

 three times. If properly put on, the two ropes across the 

 pack will form a diamond on top the pack. The short sides 

 of the diamond will be drawn front and rear of the center of 

 the pack, by the rope as it was placed. This description 

 would be quite clear to a man after he sees the thing done, 

 but whether from the description a man could do it, is 

 another thing. The writer has attempted to make it 

 quite plain, but finds it very difficult to do. Unless the 

 pack is well lashed on it will be a source of trouble continu- 



