122 IMPLEMENTS. 



in pairs, with flight crofs bars, eighteen 

 inches to two feet long ; and each horfe 

 is furnifhed with two pair of thefe crooks; 

 ilung together, fo as that the fhorter and 

 ftronger ends fhall lie eafy and firmly 

 againil the pack faddle ; the longer and 

 lighter ends rifing, perhaps, fifteen or 

 more inches, above the horfe's back, ancl 

 ilanding four or five feet from each other. 

 Within, and between, thefe crooks, the 

 load is piled, and bound faft together, with 

 that fimplicity and 4ifpatch, which long 

 practice feldcm fails of ilriking out. 



Cordwood, large il:ones, and other heavy 

 articles are carried between ^* short 

 CROOKS '," made of four natural bends or 

 knees ; both ends being nearly of the fame 

 length ; and, in ufe, the points ftand 

 nearly level with the ridge of the pack 

 faddle. 



Dung, fand, materials of buildings, roads, 

 6:c. Sec. are carried in " potts ;" or 

 flTong coarfe panniers ; flung together, like 

 the crooks ,' and as panniers are ufually 

 ilun": ; the dung, efpecially if long and 

 Ijo-bt, being ridged up, over the faddle. 



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