Fold saddle-blanket in four folds and place it carefully on the animal; then place the saddle on the blanket and in the middle of the animal's back, so as to interfere as little as possible with his free action, and cinch tightly with saddle-cincha. They should be drawn tighter than with riding-saddles, but only tight enough to keep the saddle securely in its place. With a young mule tighten gradually and gently. Ammunition-mules scarcely need such tight girthing as saddle-mules. The dock of the crupper must be kept soft, smooth, and pliable. 7. See that everything fits properly before loading. Place the hand under the blanket to make sure that pressure does not fall on the withers. On the least sign of a rub on the ribs take measures to relieve the pressure from that point, changing the load if possible. In cases of this sort, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. A slightly galled mule can generally carry its saddle, and sometimes be worked, if proper measures are taken. After cleansing and drying the wound dust it with sulphur 3 parts, iodoform 1 part, and then put a piece of old-fashioned court-plaster over it if the animal is to be worked. INSTRUCTIONS FOR PACKING. =Saddles.=--Fold saddle-blanket in four folds and place it on the animal; place saddle on blanket and cinch tightly with saddle-cincha. No. 3 saddles the carriage-mule and acts as driver. No. 4 saddles the gun-mule and acts as driver. No. 5 saddles the first ammunition-mule and acts as driver. No. 6 saddles the second ammunition-mule and acts as driver. FIRST ANIMAL. (See Fig. 10.) =Gun and Wheels.=--The gunner removes the tangent-sight, placing it in the haversack, and puts on the breech-cover. No. 1 throws back the right cap-square and puts on the muzzle-cover and grasps gun by manœuvring-handle. No. 2 throws back the left cap-square and grasps end of breech-block. [Illustration: FIG. 10.] No. 4 leads the gun-mule to the gun and places him three yards to the rear of the trail, facing to the rear. The gunner, grasping the muzzle, commands "_Lift_," and all lift the gun from the carriage and place it in its bearings, breech in front, sight down. The gunner, assisted by Nos. 1 and 2, puts cargo-cincha over gun, trunnions passing through slots, edge of cincha nearest to slots in front; cinches to belly-cincha; and then puts gun-pad on breech of gun.