The two five-gallon kegs with water we hung in the branches of a tree, with the packsaddles, empty water-bags, etc.
"Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration Australia Twice Traversed. The Romance Of Exploration, Being A Narrative Compiled From The Journals Of Five Exploring Expeditions Into And Through Central South Australia, And Western Australia, From 1"
Ernest Giles
The ponies being so much smaller than I had expected, all our packsaddles had to be altered, and fourteen of them, which the party had made during the absence of the schooner, still had to be put together.
"Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West And Western Australia, Vol. 1 (of 2)"
George Grey
On the 28th and 29th the rains increased in violence and duration; but we still continued our occupations of completing the packsaddles and arranging the stores in such small packages that they could easily in case of necessity be transported on men's shoulders.
"Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West And Western Australia, Vol. 1 (of 2)"
George Grey