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tending to what they prctcfid to believe^ a 

 proportional reformation in feme part of the 

 operation; vi^r. ** That the Jo/c and Jrog of 

 a horfe'?^ foot need never be pared at alL'' 

 To take up as little of the reader^s time as 

 the nature of the obfervation will admit, 

 I ihail very much contra (ft what I wifli to 

 introduce more at large upon the inconfift- 

 ency of the declaration ; particularly, as 

 tlicfe rcjincmcnts feem brought forward more 

 from a fcarcity of matter, neceffary to com- 

 plete tlieir arrangement of pages for the 

 prcfs, than the leaft probable utility to be 

 derived from remarks fo erroneous in their 

 formation. 



Says the author before-mentioned, in con- 

 tinuation of his affcrtions, borrowed froni 

 La Fojfc, ** There is another reafon equally 

 obvious ; which is, that the wifdom of the 

 Creator intended this outer Ible, and its ob- 

 duracy, as a natural and proper defence to 

 the inner fo!e, which lies imm.ediately under 

 the other, between that and the bone of 

 the foot/' He then proceeds, *' If it be 

 afked, what becomes of the fole when not 



pared ? 



