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These saddle-sheets can be made by any tailor in a 

 few hours. 



Bridles. 



Bridles, double (dahna), snaffle (kazai), can be 

 hung up on the walls, but a piece of cloth or a 

 few sheets of paper should be fastened up behind 

 them ; and they should be frequently taken down 

 if not in daily use, as the white ants are most 

 destructive. It is best to have one or two extra 

 saddle-stands made with pegs on them, and to 

 hang the bridles on them in the middle of the 

 room, away from the walls. This may be a little 

 more expensive, but a saddle-stand can be brought 

 for Es. 5 that will hold a couple of dozen bridles, 

 worth Rs. 20 apiece. At one time plated bits were 

 used in India, but I think steel ones are the best. 

 *' Syces *' never can tell the difference, and I have 

 more than once found a plated bit being indus- 

 triously scrubbed and polished with sand. 



Harness. 



Unless particularly desired, brown harness with 

 brass mounts is the best — for India, at all events — 

 for pony-harness, and it is this class of animal 

 that is generally used in an up-country station. 

 Not one " syce " in a hundred knows how to clean 



