SHOEING. 139 



io a certainty^ the fyftem of '' Shoeing in 

 Ceneral/' through every part of England, 



The mechanical world at large ftand iii 

 no need of information, that in all climates, 

 regions, countries, and counties, there are 

 (paffing under the denomination of gentle^ 

 77icn) poffeffors of horfes, too mean and 

 mercenary ever to be obevcd. farther than 

 they can comimand by the inceffant fufpi- 

 cion and perfonal fatigue of ocular dem.dn- 

 foation j whofe very fervants, as well as 

 tradefmen^ ]vA\y hold them in io much de- 

 teftation, and whofe condud: is fo incojijiji^ 

 cntly conJifrC?it^ that it ferves only to in- 

 <:reafe the general odiuin of their charadiers, 

 (with the additional mortification of feeling 

 the weight of the opprobrium) without the 

 power or inclination to retrieve them.. 



This univerfal refentment extends itfelf, 

 in its efFecls, to his moft trifling concerns ; 

 the fame diflike and indifference that fol- 

 low him in all other refped:s, attend him 

 m this; the fignificant appellation of ^^ a 

 d—-d bad one'' is equitably bellowed upon 

 Iiin) by the domeftics under his own roof, 



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