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fuch an abundant flow of imaginary matter^ 

 as to render pradlical refearches and ocu- 

 lar demonftration too infignificant for the 

 condefcending inquiries of fuperior under- 

 iiandings. 



Previous :o a dcfcription of the different 

 kinds of feet, at leaft the quahty or texture 

 of their formation, and the mode of shoe- 

 ing beft adapted to each; a few words may 

 be properly introduced upon the many horfes 

 rendered temporary cripples by the injudici- 

 ous or improper mode of forming or fetting 

 a fhoe, without a relative confideration to the 

 Jhape or 7nake of the foot, or the fizc and 

 a^ion of the horfe. What renders the cir- 

 cumftance ftill more extraordinary is, that 

 this error in judgment fo conftantly happens 

 without the leaft difcovery by either owner 

 or operator in their frequent furveys and 

 tedious confultations ; and I am the more 

 ftrengthened in my confirmation of this fad:, 

 by the repeated inftances where the ceremxO- 

 nies of embrocating with thofe Vulcanian 

 fpecifics, origanum and turpentine, have been, 

 perfevered in (even to the ails of Blister- 

 ing 



