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HORSE PACKING 



Fig. 4. 



Fig. 4. The packer now passes the end of the rope on 

 down, over the standing rope and under that portion 

 of the lash rope that passes along the lower side 

 of the off pack, and brings the end of the rope up 

 and over all ropes. 



He then throws the rope across the mule and for- 

 ward so that it falls forward of the near pack. 

 The position of the lash rope is now as shown in 

 Fig. 4, 



