64 SEATS AND SADDLES. 



When the horses and men can be well matched and 

 the pack is properly arranged the crupper will be found 

 quite unnecessary. 



The breastplate might perhaps, in most cases, be 

 dispensed with ; but .in others it is useful in keeping 

 the girths in their place ; besides that, it gives a point 

 of attachment for some of the pack, and is indubitably 

 advantageous for lasso draught; it can do no harm, 

 moreover, unless it be too tight, which is generally the 

 result of cavalry commanding officers being as pedantic 

 about the rosette attached to it being at the same height 

 throughout their front, as infantry ones used to be about 

 the mess-tins being mathematically correct on the tops 

 of the knapsacks. 



