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rests freely in the saddle.  When they unload the pack is lifted down intact tree & all.  This method is very quick & quite satisfactory and no roping is needed.  I have never seen any such method used anwhere else in the world.  Went to Pages to dine.  Collins & wife, Miss Angel of Canton Mission & the Pilsens.
The method of packing beasts of burden is more convenient than any other I have ever seen.  No [[strikethrough]] pack [[/strikethrough]] [[?sinch]] is even used on the under saddle, the whole affair being kept in place by the crupper & martingale.

(8)  At dusk we went bat shooting on one of the canals which is bordered by rows of cypress trees.  Before the bats appeared we heard tree squirrels calling & Andrews shot two in the trees.