Tlie seat is obviously intended to support tlic 

 CI list in its whole extent, the bevel to lie off the 

 sole; and this pait being made more or less 

 broad, according to the kind of work proposed 

 tj be done, will give the requisite strength to 

 the shoe. 



As the xuholc of the crust bears on the seat, it 

 is less liable to be broken than when only a 

 S)vmII part of it rests on the slioe. In conse- 

 quence, likewise, of the crust resting on th^ flat 

 seat, the weight of the body has a tendency to 

 spread the loot wider in every direction, rather 

 than to contract it, as has been observed to hap- 

 pen with the common shoe : and it has in fact 

 been found, in various instances, that a foot con- 

 tracted by the common shoe, and afterwards shod 

 with the seated one, has become wider without 

 the horse having been taken from his usual work ; 

 and aa;ain, that a foot beincr of a full size and 

 proper form vv^hen first shod with the seated shoe, 

 has retained the same size and form without the 

 slightest alteration, as long as the seated shoe 

 was used.* 



• On the i9t]i of November, 1797, a charger belonging 

 to Lord Heathfield, was shod on his fore feet with seated 

 shoes, struck, in dyes, after the manner by which money is 

 coined. The same individual shoes have been worn ever 



