52 BITS AND BRIDLE GEAR. 



and who may not have a saddler's shop at hand. For in- 

 stance, if he wanted to use a bit that had no head-stall, he 

 would be obliged to get a new head-stall for it, or to detach 



Fig. 68. Bridoon Head. 



another bit from its head-stall, so that he might have this 

 head-stall sewn on to the bit he wished to employ. When a 



