SHOEING; 139 



to a certainixj, the system of ^^ Shoeing in 

 general/' through every part of England* 



The mechanical world at large stand in 

 no need of information, that in all climates, 

 regions, countries, and counties, there are 

 (passing under the denomination of gentle-' 

 men) possessors of horses, too mean and 

 mercenary ever to be obeyed^ farther than 

 they can command by the incessant suspi- 

 cion and personal fatigue of ocular demon- 

 stration ; whose very servants, as well as 

 tradesmen, justly hold them in so much de- 

 testation, and whose conduct is so inconsisi^ 

 enthj consistent, that it serves only to in- 

 crease the general odium of their characters, 

 (with the additional mortification of feeling 

 the weight of the opprobrium), without the 

 power or inclination to retrieve them. 



This universal resentment extends itself, 

 in its effects, to his most trifling concerns : 

 the same dislike and indifference that fol- 

 low him in all other respects attend him 

 in this: the significant appellation of '^ a 

 d — d A)ad one' is equitably bestowed upon 

 him by the domestics under his own roof, 



