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— that there shall be no superfluous weight of iron in the Shoe, and 

 that the nails shall be driven as little backward in the quarters as is 

 compatible with the secure fastening of the Shoe. And I am per- 

 fectly satifjfied that the enforcement of these few rules amongst 

 Shoeing Smiths, in general, will be the means of preventing many, 

 and mitigating most of the evils which notoriously spring from the old 

 system of Shoeing. 



