SADDLERY, HARNESS, CARRIAGES, 

 AND SERVANTS. 



Saddles (sin) and Harness (saz). 

 Saddles, harness, and all leatherwork requires a 

 good deal more care and attention in India than 

 in England, especially during the hot season, when 

 the fierce dry heat will dry up and perish all sorts 

 of leather ; and in the rains, especially in Southern 

 India, where the atmosphere is so loaded with 

 moisture that leather, put on one side and neglected 

 for a very few days, soon becomes covered with 

 mildew. There are no saddle rooms in Indian 

 stables, and it is usual to keep them in a corner 

 of a room in the house on a wooden saddle-stand, 

 called by natives a " ghorra " horse. In the rains, a 

 pan or brazier of burning charcoal should be kept in 

 the room for a few hours daily, if there is not a 

 fire-place. Saddles are cleaned in the same way as 

 in England, and excellent saddle soap and dubbing 

 is made by the North-west Province Soap Works 



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