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though one blacksmith was very supe- 
rior in this art to another; but this is 
really of comparatively little moment, 
—the fault lies much deeper; it is in 
the system, and all shoeing is bad 
which does not leave the foot a full 
liberty to perform those functions for 
which nature designed it; which ne- 
ver can be the case so long as it is 
bound up_and restrained by the nails 
fixed into the sides of an immoveable 
iron shoe. All this is completely ob- 
viated by Mr. Clark’s shoe; but, sir, 
this is no forcing shoe, this is the true 
shoe of liberty; and, as in the moral, 
so in the physical world, it is gnly as 
Wwe approach the completion of all 
which this beautiful word liberty im- 
plies, that we are justified in believing 
we shall arrive at perfection. 
My sole object in sending you this 
paper is to excite the attention of the 
public to the good that is prepared 
for them; and my only gain is the 
satisfaction of endeavouring to be use- 
ful: I have no other earthly interest, 
direct or indirect, to satisfy. Horses 
of my own, and of several of my 
friends, have received most essential 
benefit from these jointed shoes for 
upwards of eighteen months, and are 
to this hour continuing to experience 
their good effects; and I cannot help 
being very desirous that others may 
reap the same advantages, on the 
grounds both of humanity and interest. 
At the same time let me guard your 
readers against employing them as 
remedies only,—for which, however, 
they are eminently qualified; their 
great excellence consists in the pre- 
vention of disease, and are therefore 
alone to be considered as the proper 
shoes for the horse. A.C.S. 
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For the Monthly Magazine. 
JOURNAL, by a LADY, hept™at Moscow 
and in RUuSSIA, during the FRENCH 
INVASION tn 1812. 
HE summer is short in Russia, 
but éxcessively hot: the heat on 
some days in July, especially in this 
part, equalled that of the West Indies. 
Moscow was in alarm; foreigners 
were very uneasy; and the taking of 
Smolensko had not contributed to 
tranquillize the public mind. We 
scarcely dared to stir out of the house. 
The French were insulted in the 
streets; many of them had been sent 
away to the borders of the Wolga, 
which I had just quilted; and every 
one feared lest his own turn for trans- 
Journal kept by a Lady at Moscow in 1812. 
[Aug. 1, 
portation, or being sent into the inte- 
rior, should arrive. All the nobles 
had departed; the treasure of the 
Kremlin, and the riches deposited at 
the Foundling Hospital, formed a 
continual procession of carriages, fur- 
niture, and effects of all kinds. In 
fact, the city was a desert; and, in 
proportion as the French army ad- 
vanced, the emigration became more 
considerable. I could not even obtain 
a passport for Petersburgh; and when 
the alarm became general, victuals 
began to be scarce,—all endeavouring 
to lay in what stock they could. Be- 
sides this, a massacre was feared on 
the part of the mougikes, or peasants. 
The people also talked of fire, and of 
burying themselves under the ruins of 
the place. It was only in the distant 
quarters of the city that the people 
collected; and, Moscow being ex- 
tremely large, they calculated that 
the side on which the French entered 
would be the first, and perhaps the 
only quarter that would be burnt. It 
also appeared so difficult to believe 
that a city of such immense extent 
should be consumed, that the inhabi- 
tants only endeavoured to guard 
against it in certain quarters, where 
the houses were mostly of timber. The 
palaces and the stone buildings, co- 
vered with tiles, &c. it was thought 
would never be burnt; and ‘ these 
places were generally chosen as sanc- 
tuaries. 
I was connected with a family of 
artists living in the Basseman, a quar- 
ter directly opposite to that through 
which the French entered. This was 
avery retired situation ; it was a large 
palace, belonging to the Prince Galit- 
zin, and my friend’s husband engraved 
the pictures in the gallery here for the 
prince. He, his family, and myself, 
occupied one of the wings of this pa- 
lace that looked into the garden. This, 
according to our views, was calculated 
to conceal, and, in case of fire, to pre- 
serve us, even if the people were dis- 
posed to carry their resentment to 
extremities. Besides, here were seve- 
ral. alleys in the gardens, through 
which we could have escaped their 
search: there was likewise the palace 
on one side of the street, and that of 
Prince Kourakin on the other, to 
which we could retire if necessary ; so 
that we believed ourselves to be ina 
kind of impregnable fort, though we 
occupied no more of it than was in- 
densably necessary, To this asylum 
I removed 
