156 SHOEING. 



!NG and Roweling), till by my desire 

 the shoe has beefi taken off] when the cause has 

 been instantly discovered and immediately 

 removed. 



This is a circumstance that I doubt 

 not has so frequently happened in the re-- 

 membrance of every reader of experience, 

 it can stand in no need of further illustra- 

 tion ; we therefore proceed to such descrip- 

 tion of the exterior parts immediately con^ 

 cerned in the operation of shoeing, as upon a 

 superficial survey meet the eye of every in- 

 spector. These are, first, the bottom or lower 

 edge of the Hoop, surrounding the whole 

 extremity of the foot, not only as a safe- 

 guard and general defence against external 

 injuries, but is the direct part to which the 

 shoe is scientifically fixed, to effect the pur-* 

 poses for which it w?is generally intended. 

 Secondly, the horny or outer sole, cover- 

 ing the entire bottom of the foot, except 

 the Frog, which is situate in the centre, 

 {passing in a longitudinal direction from heel 

 to toe) and forms by its elasticity the fuk 

 crum, or expanding basis of the tendon^ 



