xvi PREFACE, 



For this reason I have treated prhicipally 

 on the structure and diseases of the Hmbs, shoe- 

 ing, management of the stable, &c. than which, 

 I conceive, nothing can be more important. 

 How far I have succeeded, I must submit to 

 the candour of the pubhc to determine. I 

 shall at least possess the satisfaction of having 

 endeavoured to promote the science, by pro- 

 mulgating that theory which I have found to 

 be true in practice. 



The source of peculiar properties in the 

 structure and motion of the animal is, in gene- 

 ral, but little understood. This branch I have 

 attempted to elucidate upon mechanical and 

 anatomical principles ; and the explanatory 

 plates being designed by myself, will, I trust, 



be 



