144 SHOEING, 



with the emphatical accompaniment 6f 



•' stand still and be d d to 7/^/' when 



shifting and uneasy under the operation of 

 shoeing ; a circumstance that, during a cer- 

 tain season of the year, i.s frequently occa- 

 sioned hy flies onhj^ and consequently to be 

 removed with very little trouble either to 

 the animal, or his more inveterate perse^ 

 vMtor, 



This delineation may serve as an epitome 

 »f the many injuries sustained from similar 

 acts of injustice, the true causes of which 

 are never discovered or known but to the 

 inhuman perpetrators : from severe blows 

 v/ith instruments of this kind (as hammer, 

 pincers, blood-stick, &c.) frequently ori- 

 ginate lameness in various parts, tumors^ 

 formation of matter, wounds, exfoliations, 

 with others too numerous ^nd probable for 

 enumeration ; all or either of which are 

 generally attributed to a different cause, or 

 defect in the constitution, and treated ac- 

 cordingly. Injuries to the eyes and dislodge- 

 ment of the teeth are, however, among the 

 most common evils of this kind ; which are 

 in general toleraWy reconciled to the too 



