. Handbook for rangers & woodsmen . Fig. 136.—Half-hitch. Fig. 137.—Cross hitch. placed in position on top of the pack and held there by oneman while the other disposes of the lengths 4, 5, and 6 by passitigthem beneath the animals body and making them fast as indi-. FiG. 138.—Bed roll ready for transportation by wagon. cated. The hitch is not only difficult to construct properly butit is also too cumbersome and complicated to prove satisfactoryotherwise. Half-Hitch.—This is shown in Fig. 136 and consists merely ofthe half-hitches 3, 4, and 5 placed about the tent or bed 1 and 2 are
. Handbook for rangers & woodsmen . Fig. 136.—Half-hitch. Fig. 137.—Cross hitch. placed in position on top of the pack and held there by oneman while the other disposes of the lengths 4, 5, and 6 by passitigthem beneath the animals body and making them fast as indi-. FiG. 138.—Bed roll ready for transportation by wagon. cated. The hitch is not only difficult to construct properly butit is also too cumbersome and complicated to prove satisfactoryotherwise. Half-Hitch.—This is shown in Fig. 136 and consists merely ofthe half-hitches 3, 4, and 5 placed about the tent or bed 1 and 2 are tied together beneath the animal. The hitchis very unsatisfactory when poorly trained or half-broken packanimals are used. It usually allows the pack to turn sidewise GENEKAL FIELD WORK 153 or slip forward or backward, and thus requires continual read-justment. Cross Hitch.—This hitch is tied at the top of the pack asshown in Fig. 137. The lengths of rope 3 and 4 pass beneaththe animals body. It possesses the same disadvantages as thehalf hitch. WAGONS The use of wagons by field men in the Forest Service is verylimited except in transporting camp equipment or supplies inreconnoissance work or on extended camping trips and in haulingprovisions, feed, and
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