Rideable pack saddle devised to prevent ruinous injuries to animals carrying heavy loads
The Otago Pack Saddle as made by J. Wiseman, saddler, Auckland, from 1863The Otago pack saddle as made for the British Expedition to Abyssinia, 1867Old pack saddles from New Zealand
The Otago pack saddle, later known as the British universal pack saddle,[1] is a rideable pack saddle devised by Harvey Spiller in Otago, New Zealand, in 1863, to prevent ruinous injuries to horses carrying heavy loads.[2][3] It was improved and adopted for military use by the Commissariat Transport Corps during the New Zealand wars of 1863–1867 and the Abyssinian expedition of 1867–1868, to become a preferred military general use type also favoured by expeditioners.[4][5][6] Apart from horses, it worked well on mules and bullocks when adapted to them.
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to attach sling ropes. Otagopacksaddle, known in military use as the British universal packsaddle, is a rideable packsaddle with two large cushioning...
combination of steamers, barges, bullocks and pack horses. The CTC had found the Otagopacksaddle, devised in the Otago goldfields to prevent injury and ruin...
generally fixed. Fees may cover things such as overnight accommodation, food and pack transportation. Some of the tramping tracks have acquired names, with the...
Tyndall Glacier, which now drains into the adjacent Dart Valley. Below Rees Saddle the river valley is constrained by a series of steep alluvial fans that...
individual taken off Otago Head, South Island, New Zealand, in October 1873, was sent by Professor Frederick Hutton, keeper of the Otago Museum in Dunedin...
opening in 1981. The track and its three huts (Blue River/Blowfly, Māori Saddle, and Coppermine Creek) are maintained by the New Zealand Department of Conservation...
and Publicity. 1906. New Zealand Lakes and Fiords,the Wonders of Western Otago: Descriptive of the Southern Lakes and Mountains,the West Coast Sounds and...
2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015. Lowe, Felix (11 August 2017). "Blazin' Saddles: Adieu Alberto – Contador's best moments". Eurosport. Retrieved 10 September...
2020. Hudson, Daisy (June 15, 2020). "Captain Cook Hotel to be renamed". Otago Daily Times. Archived from the original on June 15, 2020. Retrieved June...
where they ordered to hold the position "to the last man" alongside the Otago Infantry Battalion. The regiment spent the night improving the crescent...
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