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HORSE PACKING 



Fig. 5. 



Fig. 5. The Packer passes the end of the lair rope to 

 the left making a complete turn around the pack 

 at its upper end and then passes the end under 

 the loop and out between the end of the pack and 

 first turn. (With some packs it is also necessary 

 to take a half turn with the lair rope on the other 

 side of the pack around the standing part. Judge- 

 ment alone can decide this.) 



The position of the pack cover and lair rope is now 

 as shown in Fig. 5. 



Fig. 6. The Packer now brings the lair rope down 

 on the other end of the pack making a half hitch 

 around the pack. He passes the end of the rope 

 around the pack, lengthwise, and following the 

 first loop around the pack, back to the spliced 



