46 HORSE PACKING 



THE PACK COVER OR MANTA 



The Pacl^ Cover should be made of fairly heavy duck 

 (No. 4 cotton duck) and should be when finished 6 feet 

 square. 



It is used to gather into one pack a collection of 

 small articles, to protect them from the elements in 

 transit, from rough and frequent usage, and it adapts 

 itself to any form or shape of equipment. Ordinarily 

 it should be always used. A net of rope or rawhide 

 is almost invariably used in South America. 



For equipment that is constantly in use and that 

 must be easily accessible while on the march the kyacks 

 or alforjas are better. 



These are nothing but great saddle bags of heavy 

 canvas or leather and with inner and outer pockets, 

 subdivisions, etc., to suit the individual taste, and pro- 

 tected with overlapping flaps and buckled straps. Boxes, 

 specially and strongly made for such purposes, are 

 also recommended for such frequent access when on 

 the trail. 



But for the main packing of staple equipment the 

 pack cover is best. 



It is also useful in emergencies to make a litter, or 

 stretcher or travois. 



LASH ROPE WITH CINCHA AND HOOK 



Lash rope, standard size to be nine-sixteenths 

 or one-half inch best hand-laid manila, 50 feet long, 

 provided with an eye at one end to receive lacing of 

 cincha, the opposite end to be well wrapped or seized. 



SLING ROPES 



To be made of ^-inch best hand-laid manila, 

 wrapped or seized at each end, and to be 30 feet long. 



LAIR ROPES 



To be made of 5^-inch best hand-laid manila, 

 to be provided with an eye at one end, the opposite 

 end to be well wrapped or seized, and to be 30 feet 

 long. 



