Olerably comfortable in the field, and from this date I seldom went i

To the hooks which are

let flush into the sides of the pack-saddle, will effect this. [Sketch
as described below]. The sketch represents a section of the
pack-saddle, at the place where
one of the hooks is situated on either side, but the front of the kegs
themselves, and not their section, is given. Above and between the kegs
lies a bag, and a strap passing from the near side of the saddle
goes over the whole burden, and is
buckled to a similar short strap on the other side. It is of importance
that the bung-hole should be placed even nearer to the rim than where
it is drawn, for it is necessary that

it should be convenient to pour out of and to pour into, and that it
should be placed on the highest part of the keg, both when on the
beast's back and also when it stands on the ground, lest water should
leak and be lost. According to the above plan, when water is
ladled into it, the rim keeps it from spilling; and in pouring out
water, the run acts as a spout. In making the bung-hole, a metal plate,
with a screw-hole

in it, is firmly fixed in the face of the cask; into this a wooden
stopper, bound with iron, is made to screw (natives

would probably steal a metal one). The stopper has a small head and a
deeply-cut

neck, by which it is tied to the cask, and its body has a large hole
bored in it, which admits of a stick being put through,
to prize it round, if it should become jammed. A spigot, to screw into
the bung-hole on arriving at camp, might be
really useful; but if used, a gimlet-hole must be bored in

the cask to act as an air-vent. A large tundish is very convenient, and
a spare plug might be taken; but a traveller, with