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Shoeing. In the plate on shoeing, Fig. 4 repre- 

 sents a front shoe. Fig. 6 represents the female 

 screw in the heel ; and a the sharp wedge which is 

 screwed into the heel. The advantage and conve- 

 nience of this shoe is striking, and can scarcely re- 

 quire any explanation. The wedge can be screwed 

 on or taken off at pleasure. This improvement 

 must soon be generally adopted in this country. 



Warrantry. When a horse is purchased with a 

 warrantry of soundness, the purchaser should have 

 the conditions of the bargain fully expressed on a 

 stamped receipt, in the following form : 



Received of the sum of for a 



black gelding, warranted perfectly sound* 

 free from every kind of vice, and between 

 and years old. 



If the horse is purchased for harness, it should be 

 added, * steady in harness, not giving to kicking, 

 rearing, or jibbing.' 



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Explanation of the Plate describing the diseased ana 

 healthy State of the Horse's Eye. 



Fig. 1. The healthy state of the pupil in a mode- 

 rate light. It should be observed, that, as the pupil 

 enlarges, it approaches to the circular form, as in 

 Figs. 4. and 5 ; and, by contracting, the horizontal 

 diameter is lengthened, as in Figs. 2. and 3. 



