ENCAMPMENTS IN HILL WAP FA PE. 249 
(3.) From front peg to bind peg, 4 yards. This gives enough 
slope to the heel rope to prevent the hind peg coming out 
on ordinary occasions and as there is nothing short of 
a tree stump that will hold a mule if she really means going 
the 4 yards is I think enough. 
In the “ commissariat transport mule gear,” with which the main 
portion of the Indian pack transport is fitted, there are no heel ropes 
but a slightly longer chain and the hind pegs closer in. 
