144 SHOEING. 



with the emphatical accompaniment of 



*^ Jiand Jiill and be d— — -i to ye,^' when 

 lliifting and uneafy under the operation of 

 fhoeingj a circumflance that during a cer- 

 tain feafon of the year, is frequently o€ca- 

 lioned by fies only, and confequently to be 

 removed with very httle trouble either to 

 the animal, or his more inveterate perfe^ 

 cutor. 



This dehneation may ferve as an epitome 

 of the many injuries fuftained from fimilar 

 adts of injuftice, the true caufes of which 

 are never difcovered or known but to the 

 inhuman perpetrators : from fevere blows 

 with inllruments of this kind (as hammer^ 

 pincers, blood-ftick, &c.) frequently ori- 

 ginate lamenefs in various parts, tumours, 

 formation of matter, wounds, exfoliations^ 

 with others too numerous and probable for 

 enumeration ; all or either of which, are 

 generally attributed to a different caufe, or 

 defed: in the conftitution, and treated accor- 

 dingly. Injuries to the eyes and diflodge- 

 ment of the teeth are, however, among the 

 moll common evils of this kind ; which are 

 in general tolerably reconciled to the too 

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