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Hunted at Wilders, the
French Course, Bridge &
Mangham there & the
French doctor has told me
Mrs. was still in bed
with broken ankle torn
from a fall. Wilder
has a good deal money
been which is quite tame
& in charge of a nurse.
(7) Page of the Standard &d
got us a pack train too also
for. We sent as 15 packs
to be deposited there.
The method of packing
animals used here is
quite unique, the saddles
have a wooden affair with
cleats running transversely.
The load are first lashed
to a fixed frame on either
& then the two packs
with the tree are lifted into
the saddle & fitted into
the mouth of the cleats on the
saddle tree. They swing
wide over the pack while