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By the slope or bevel in the shoe, a cavity is 

 formed between it and the sole, sufficient to 

 admit a picker, and to prevent pressure on this 

 part, without the sole itself being hollowed, and 

 consequently weakened. 



For if it be one of the functions of the horny 

 sole to defend the sensible sole, of which, from 

 its situation and nature, no one can doubts it 

 must be evident, that the more perfect it is left, 

 the stronoer it must necessarily be, and of course 

 the more competent to perform its office. 



The value of every practical object is best as- 

 certained by experiments ; and the results of the 

 trials with various shoes, which have engaged 

 the attention of the Author for several years past, 

 have been decidedly in favour of the seated shoe. 

 And, though he is not sanguine enough to sup- 

 since that period to the present day, the 25th of March, 

 i8co. They have been removed regularly once every month, 

 in order that the superfluous growth of the hoof might be 

 taken away, but have never been altered in the slightest de- 

 gree during this time except once, when it was found neces- 

 sary to make each shoe a quarter of an inch wider at the 

 heels, on account of the feet having spread so much, although 

 they were of a very good proportion when the shoes were 

 first put on. This case is brought forwards, not to prove 

 tlie superior wear of these shoes, but to shew that this prin- 

 ciple has produceci all the advantages, which could be ex- 

 pected from any shoe, 



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