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MULES AND MULE BREEDING. 



frequently seen allusions to it^ I think that perhaps the 

 endeavour to explain it may be acceptable. Its greatest 

 advantage is that in the case of camp outfits, when 

 blankets are a part of the pack, no saddle is required ; 

 indeed, the pack is infinitely firmer, and the animal less 

 liable to be given a sore back, without the forward 

 shifting abomination which the pack saddle is. 



" In both of the diagrams the off side of the mule only 

 is shown. To proceed : 



" Take a thirty-foot picket rope, throw half on each side 

 of the horse or mule, the middle of the rope lying across 

 the top of the pack; then let each man make a loop 

 round the pack on his side, putting his foot into it as a 

 stirrup, as shown in the figure. Then the man on the 



