GENERAL NOTES 



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saddle on an animal ; there are no buckles to get rusty 

 and stiff and no short straps to break off across the holes. 



Often with the modern system no pressure can be 

 brought to bear on the girth, and frequently, where 

 animals have the habit of swelling themselves out 

 when they feel the girth touch them, the saddle will 

 after a time be found to be quite loose. 



The system is a very simple one : just four fair-sized 

 rings, one on each side of the saddle under the flaps, 

 and one on each end of the girth, and two lengths 



Fig. 32. 



of raw dressed hide. Near one end oi each of the 

 two lengths of hide make an incision on the flat. By 

 passing the other end through the ring and then through 

 the incised slit each length can be permanently secured 

 to the saddle-rings (Fig. 32). 



On the off side, the rings of the girth and saddle 

 are secured with a medium length of hide, which is 

 never undone except to bring the rings closer together 

 or put them farther apart, according to the size of 

 the beast being saddled. 



