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upon whicli the very action of the horse de- 

 pends. 



These are the external parts appearing 

 upon the surface, that present themselves 

 to the spectator, and constitute in general all 

 that he is supposed or required to know ; re- 

 mote considerations and operative corise- 

 quences appertaining much more to the pro- 

 fessional knowledge of the Artist than any 

 acquired information of the owner. 



Perfectly convinced that every man may 

 judiciously superintend, or properly direct 

 the shoeing of his horse, in a manner evident- 

 ly adapted to hhjoof^ size, iveight, purpose^ 

 and manned of going, without the ill-accord- 

 ing intervention of an abstruse study very 

 little attended to, (however elaborately urged) 

 I forbear imposition upon public patience, 

 by any attempt to introduce an imitation or 

 oblique copy of anatomical descriptive, so 

 accurately delineated and described in the 

 copper-plates and references of Gibson and 

 Bartlet, with, I am sorry to say, so littie 

 success ; if I may be allowed to explain, by 



