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If riding alone, tie the prisoner's hands together, and, taking your off stirrup leather (for want of a cord), pass it round his left arm, and round your horse's girth, and buckle it. The off stirrup leather is the least inconvenient one to part with, on account of mounting, and the prisoner is under your right hand.
Tying on Ilorseback.-In cases where a prisoner has to bA secured and galloped off, there are but two ways : either putting him in the saddle and strapping his ankles together under the horse's belly-in which case, if he be mad with rage, and attempts to throw himself off, the saddle must turn with him ; or else securing him Mazeppa-fashion-when four loops are passed, one round each leg of the horse, and to each of these is tied one limb of the prisoner, as he lies with his back against that of the horse ; a surcingle is also passed round both horse and man. It is, of course, a barbarous method, but circumstances might arise when it would be of use.
Proceedings in case of Death.-If a man of the party dies, write down a detailed account of the matter, and have it attested by the others, especially if accident be the cause of his death. If a man be lost, before you turn away and abandon him to his fate, call the party formally together, and ask them if they are satisfied that you have done all that was possible to save him, and record their answers. After death, it is well to follow the custom at sea,-i. e. to sell by auction all the dead man's effects among his comrades, deducting the money they fetch from the pay of the buyers, to be handed over to his relatives on the return of the expedition. The things will probably be sold at a much higher price than they would elsewhere fetch, and the carriage of useless lumber is saved. Any trinkets he may have had, should of course be sealed up and put aside, and not included in the sale : they should be collected in presence of the whole party, a list made of them, and the articles at once packed up. In committing the body to the earth, choose a well-marked situation, dig a deep grave, bush it with thorns, and weight it well over with heavy stones, as a defence against animals of prey.
