Saddle

[AS., from root of sit.'] A seat generally made of leather, fastened on a horse’s back. The frame of the saddle is usually of wood aud iron, made to fit the horse’s back, and is called the tree. In the common saddle the tree is raised a little in front to form the pommel, and behind is a ridge called the cantel, the seat and flaps being made of tanned pig-skin. The stirrups are fas¬ tened to the tree. When the saddle is put on the horse, the girths are pa ed under the horse, and buckled tightly to straps. Side-saddles, used by women, have only one stirrup, in which the left foot is placed and on the pommel are two horns, between which the right knee is placed. or box for keeping money and valuables safe from fire and thieves. Safes are double wrought iron chests, with plaster of Paris and mica or alum to resist heat. Burglar-proof safes are usu¬ ally fitted with locks (q-v.) difficult to pick. covered with wire-gauze, to prevent the light from setting fire to explosive gas; called also Davy lamp. (See Lamp.) ranged to permit the steam to escape when it exceeds a certain pre ure. The valve is held in is brown, and coarser than wheat. It will grow on poor sandy soils, and is able to bear a severe climate. Rye is sown in autumn. The “ black bread” eaten by the peasantry of Ru ia and North Germany, and the rye-cakes of Sweden, are made from the rye which is very extensively grown on the sandy plains of those countries. Much whiskey is made from rye in the United States, and it is used with barley for making gin in Holland. Rye-straw is tough, and is not good for cattle, but is used for hats, stuffing beds, or thatching. place by a weight attached to the end of a lever, and so adjusted that a fixed pre ure of steam will lift it, aud open a pa age for the steam.