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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2849438, member: 2844"]The front and the back of the frame have no cross bars or slats to allow for two humps. The two cross slats in the middle sit in between the humps.</p><p>Such a construction would work for mules, donkeys, or horses that have two humps, but I don't think there are that many around.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>As you can see from the example you showed, for horse etc pack saddles it makes sense to have cross bars at the end of the frame to give it stability. With a camel the two humps add to the stability. (Of course there would have been padding to protect the humps as well.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2849438, member: 2844"]The front and the back of the frame have no cross bars or slats to allow for two humps. The two cross slats in the middle sit in between the humps. Such a construction would work for mules, donkeys, or horses that have two humps, but I don't think there are that many around.;) As you can see from the example you showed, for horse etc pack saddles it makes sense to have cross bars at the end of the frame to give it stability. With a camel the two humps add to the stability. (Of course there would have been padding to protect the humps as well.)[/QUOTE]
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