70 HORSE PACKING 



hand he takes the free end of the lash rope that lies 

 forward and throws it to the rear and over the 

 load. 



He now reaches and brings forward the free end of 

 the rear lash rope, passing it well under the sobre- 

 jalma, and brings it forward and up from under the 

 sobre-jalma. 



Holding both free ends in one hand, he takes up 

 slack on both bights until the load lies lightly in 

 them. He determines this by gently working the 

 load off the middle ridge of the sobre-jalma so that 

 it falls of its own weight over on the off side. It 

 should remain well up. 



The Pacl^er now ties the two free ends in a slip-knot. 

 The position of the load and lash rope is now as 

 indicated in Fig. 3, except that the load is still bal- 

 anced at the moment in the diagram and has not 

 settled into the bights or slings. 



Fig. 4. The Pacl^er now passes to the off side of the 

 mule and throws the bight of the sling rope back 

 across the off side load over to the rear side. 



