30 IMPROVED PACK SADDLE. 



which widens or contracts by working on a pivot 

 like a pair of scissors, being kept open at any 

 angle by a rack at the opposite and corresponding 

 angle, so that in a moment the saddle can be 

 made to fit any sized animal, and is equally 

 available for a horse, a mule, a bullock, or a 

 camel. 



Secondly. My system possesses a great ad- 

 vantage over the Government pack-saddle, inas- 

 much as its peculiar formation does away with 

 all possibility of galling an animal's back, as 

 no weight rests upon any part of the spine 

 itself, the centre of the back being left en- 

 tirely open to the air even when the baggage is 

 loaded. 



Thirdly. The tree, which is either entirely 

 made of wrought iron, or of wood well 

 strengthened with iron, closes up, and the 

 saddle can be packed into half the space re- 

 quired by the system at present adopted by 

 Government. 



Fourthly. Any tree or part of a tree will fit 



