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Page 137 - ... ounce of butter with rather more than a half-teaspoonful of flour, stir them round in the sauce until it has boiled one minute ; next add a wineglassful and a half of sherry or Madeira, or two thirds of that quantity and a quarterglass of brandy : when quite hot, serve the sauce. Port- wine sauce is made in the same way, with the addition of a dessertspoonful of lemon-juice, some grated nutmeg, and a little more sugar : orange rind and juice may be used to give it flavour when preferred to lemon....
Page 175 - ... learn but one hitch, this will be the best for you, although certain others, as I shall explain under their proper captions, are better adapted to certain circumstances. The diamond hitch is also much discussed. I have heard more arguments over it than over the Japanese war or original sin. "That thing a diamond hitch!
Page 175 - Throw the pack cinch (a) over the top of the pack, retaining the loose end of the rope. If your horse is bad, reach under him with a stick to draw the cinch within reach of your hand until you hold it and the loose end both on the same side of the animal.
Page 178 - Pass the loose end (lll-d), back, under the alforjas, forward and through the loop from below as shown by the arrows of direction in Fig. IV. You are now ready to begin tightening. First pull your cinch tight by means of what was the loose end (b) in Fig. II. Place one foot against the animal and heave, good and plenty. Take up the slack by running over both ends of the loop (cc. Fig. III). When you have done this, go around the other side. There take up the slack on 6-6, Fig.
Page 179 - ... tail. The strain will bend the pack rope (c), heretofore straight across back to form the diamond. It will likewise drag back to its original position amidships in the pack the entire hitch, which you will remember, was drawn too far forward by your previous pull toward Double diamond hitch (see next the horse's head.
Page 199 - Double back the bight (a) of the loose end (c) through the loop (a) thus formed. Tighten the knot by pulling tight on loop (d). A sharp pull on c will free the entire lead rope.
Page 172 - If you try to do it yourself, you must leave one hanging while you pick up the other, thus running a good risk of twisting the saddle. TOP PACKS Your top pack you will build as the occasion demands. In general, try to make it as low as possible, and to get your blankets on top where the pack rope "bites.
Page 184 - ... show you what I mean, and will also convince you that much is gained by not having to pass rope (a) underneath at 6. Now pull hard on loose end at d, taking care to exert your power lengthwise of the horse. Pass the line under the alforjas toward the rear, up over the pack and under the original rope at c. Pull on the loose end, this time exerting the power toward the rear. You cannot put too much strength into the three tightening pulls: (1) in cinching through the cinch hook; (2) the pull forward;...
Page 175 - Oh, yes," says the son of the alkali as he watches the attempts of the son of the foothills. "That's the Colorado diamond," as one would say that is a paste jewel. The joke of it is that the results are about the same. Most of the variation consists in the manner of throwing. It is as though the discussion were whether the trigger should be pulled with the fore, middle, or both fingers. After all, the bullet would go anyway. I describe here the single diamond, as thrown in the Sierra Nevadas, and...