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HORSE PACKING 



Fig. 8 



Fig. 8. These are in reality frappinj? turns. They are 

 lacings that bind the hitch with great rigidity on 

 each side. 



The Packer brings the free end of the rope up and 

 forward over all of the ropes. The rope is passed 

 over the near forward part that binds on the load, 

 and then back to the rear part that binds on the 

 load where a half turn is taken that leads up and 

 over the load (see detail in Fig. 8). 

 The packer now goes to the farther side of the 

 mule where the free end of the lash rope is passed 

 under the central part, thence to the rear and around 

 the part that binds on the load. Then forward on 

 the off side and passed around the part that binds 

 the load there. 



The position of the lash rope is now indicated in 

 Fig. 8. 



