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Fig. 5. The packer now passes the rope forward and 

 under the corner of the sobre-jalma but outside 

 the cincha, up and around the upper forward corner 

 of the off pack and thence through the bight lying on 

 top of the packs. 



He then throws the rope across the mule's neck 

 over to the near side. 



He now passes to the near side and brings the 

 rope down over the forward corner of the near 

 pack and under the corner of the sobre-jalma. 

 The position of the rope is now as shown in Fig. 5. 



