456 ESSAYS ann OBSERVATIONS 
ftalk. All the fteel except the ftapples was 
covered with chammoy leather, and the con- 
cavities of BB, were well buffed, as the foft- 
er rupture bands commonly are. 
ArTer I had put on my fhoes and ftock- 
ings, one end of this machine was put on 
the broad of my foot, nearer the toes than 
the buckle of the fhoe; and} the other end 
was placed on the forepart of the leg: then 
one ribband, or a thong of leather, fg. 7. 8. 
was put round the foot, and another round 
the leg, to pafs thro’ the two ftapples near 
the ends of the machine, and there fecured 
with ftraps or buckles, but without being 
drawn tight,—A third ftrap or ribband, fg. 
g- having its middle D, applied in the hollow 
of the foot, immediately before the heel had 
its ends paffed on each fide of the foot, thro’ 
a finus or noofe EE, of a fourth thong of 
leather F, that came round the quarter-heel 
of the fhoe, to be afterwards put thro’ the 
middle ftapple ; where, after thefe ends GG 
were drawn as tight as was\thought conveni- 
ent for extending the foot, they were fecured 
with the buckle, or with knots. See the ap- 
plication in fig. 10.—I wore this machine al- 
ways in the day-time, for five months: tho’, 
as 
