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pose, that this shoe will prevent lameness in 

 every case, he is, nevertheless, warranted by ex- 

 perience to assert, that it will diminish its fre- 

 quency. 



As this shoe has been long known, it may ap- 

 pear extraordinary that it has not been more com- 

 mo^ily employed ; and this circumstance might 

 lead to a suspicion, that either farriers in general 

 are unacquainted with its real advantages, or that, 

 though in theory it may appear preferable to 

 all others, yet that in actual practice it does not 

 maintain its superiority. Neither of these posi- 

 tions, however, is well founded, for the Author 

 can with confidence assert, as a general fact, that 

 when a farrier is applied to for a pattern shoe of 

 that figure, which from his judgment and expe- 

 rience he would most recommend, and for which^ 

 on such occasions^ a much higher price is given, the 

 seated shoe is in much the greater number of in- 

 stances preferred to every other. This must be 

 considered as a sufficient proof, that farriers are 

 aware of its superiority, and the trials made by 

 individuals have established its practical advan- 

 tages beyond all doubt. 



But it is not extraordinary, that a tradesman 

 should endeavour to turn his labour to the great- 

 est account, nor that the consumer of any article 



