43 HORSE PACKING 



Now punch two holes three-fourths of an inch from 

 edge of center, in front and rear, and three-fourths of 

 an inch apart. This to secure aparejo cover to aparejo. 



If using packing device provide two strips of leather 

 15 inches long and one-half inch wide these to be 

 placed at front and rear and in center of aparejo cover, 

 counting from each edge 1% inches, and to be sewed 

 down with two seams 3 inches long and secured at 

 each end of sewing by copper rivets. Now counting 

 5 inches each way from center of sobre-jalma at front 

 and rear provide a slit 1 inch long and three-sixteenths 

 of an inch wide, slits to be parallel with the center of 

 width of sobre-jalma. These to receive staples that 

 secure the side plates of packing device. 



THE APAREJO CINCHA 



To be made of No. 4, 22-inch cotton duck. The 

 canvas to be 8 inches longer than the aparejo for 

 which intended, and folded so as to make two thick- 

 nesses 10 inches wide; the lap to be sewed together 

 with two seams and to be considered the surface side. 



For mountain battery service the canvas will be cut 

 10 inches longer than the aparejo for which intended. 



One end of the cincha to be supplied with a section 

 of ^-inch gas pipe, flattened at ends and curved so as 

 to take the place of a ring, to pass the latigo or tighten- 

 ing strap around; when shaped must be 1 inch less than 

 the width of the cincha. Flattened ends to be pro- 

 vided with holes punched l-Yz inches from ends, to 

 receive No. 8 copper rivets to hold it in place. This 

 iron is fastened to cincha by two pieces of good, solid 

 leather, 11 inches long and 5^ inches wide and riveted 

 to iron. Place one end of canvas between the folds of 

 leather facing and sew down with three seams, two 

 seams one-half inch apart, on outer edge, and one 

 seam around edge of hole. This hole to be 3 inches 

 wide and 3->^ inches long, shaped half oval. The shape 

 half oval to be up and down. 



This for the latigo or tightening strap to pass 

 through. The reverse end of cincha is faced with 



