138 SHOEING. 



provement of all parties interefted in the ex-* 

 pla?2atory parts of his work. 



This author, in the early part of his tracft, 

 fays, '' If you pretend to have your horfe 

 fhod according to your own mind, it is a 

 general faying among thefe men, that they 

 do not want to be taught/' This very ac- 

 know^ledgment of his juftifies the neceffity of 

 recommending to the remembrance of every 

 gentleman, fportfman, or traveller, that he 

 is, hi the bujinefs of Jhoeing^ only the imagi^ 

 nary main fpring in the operative part ; and 

 that his inclination or dired:ions become un- 

 avoidably dependent upon the will of another. 

 That this remark may be diverted of its para- 

 doxical appearance, let it be underftood how 

 very much the fafety^ propriety, and excel- 

 lence of manual execution depend upon the 

 well-timed liberality of the Gentleman; 

 or, in farther illuiiration of a paflage that 

 may favour too much of ambiguity to thofe 

 whofe pecuniary pulfations render it difficult 

 of comprehenfion, it is almoft incredible 

 how very much occafional judicious interpo^ 

 litions of good heer, (or the means to obtain 

 it) with the fubordinate operator, improves, 



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