. Farrow's manual of military training . imal and the cincha portiontinder the animals belly convenient to the off packer, who picksup the end of the lash rope and the cincha portion with the lefthand and stands erect. The near packer takes hold of the lash rope with the righthand about 5 or 6 feet from the cincha and another hold with theleft hand, holding about 2 feet between the hands; he stands closeto the animals neck with both hands extended downward; hedraws the right hand backward and, with one motion, swings the WHEEL, PACK AND MOTOR TRANSPORTATION 617 rope so when it falls it will li
. Farrow's manual of military training . imal and the cincha portiontinder the animals belly convenient to the off packer, who picksup the end of the lash rope and the cincha portion with the lefthand and stands erect. The near packer takes hold of the lash rope with the righthand about 5 or 6 feet from the cincha and another hold with theleft hand, holding about 2 feet between the hands; he stands closeto the animals neck with both hands extended downward; hedraws the right hand backward and, with one motion, swings the WHEEL, PACK AND MOTOR TRANSPORTATION 617 rope so when it falls it will lie fore and aft between the side packs,clearing the animals haunch, and the packer dropping the ropeheld by the left hand. With the right hand still holding the rope, he draws a por-tion between the packs by lowering the right hand by his side,arms length; then, reaching up, he grips the rope with the left handkeeping the thumb under the rope, he draws another portion be-tween the packs by lowering the left hand by his side, arms THE DIAMOND HITCH. The packer then swings the hanging portion outward to theright, bringing the left hand, still holding the rope, to the elbow ofthe right arm; then raises both hands, leaving the loop on the out-side of the right arm. Now, bring the right hand, holding the rope, to the centerof the pack and, with both hands, throw the standing rope held inShe right hand over the center of the load to the off packer, andthe running rope between the packs held in the left hand over theanimals neck, allowing the back of the left hand to rest on the ani- 618 MILITARY TRAINING mals neck. With the right hand draw 6 feet or more of the run-ning portion between the packs to form the rear half of the dia-mond and throw this rope to the rear of the near pack, freeingboth hands of the rope. The near packer takes hold of the running rope on themules neck with the left hand forward of the right and, with theassistance of the off packer brings the running r
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