i64 SHOEING. 



before obferved) that in their opinion, if you 

 pare the fole or ft'og^ you prevent the heel 

 of the horfe from coming into conftant con- 

 tad: with the ground ; and the tendon is de- 

 prived of the elaftic alTiftance of the frog 

 to promote its expaniion and contraction . 

 This is at leaft the exad: purport of their 

 defcription, if not given in the very fame lan- 

 guage, and is very well entitled to the delibe- 

 rate attention of thofe who wifh to underftand 

 accurately the ftate of the tendon (or back 

 finews) when in the Stabularian tongue they 

 are faid to be *' let down,^^ 



Such a paring and hollowing out of the 

 heel as they feem to defcribe, muft be a moft 

 unmerciful deilrucStion of parts, and what I 

 believe can feldom happen in the prefent age, 

 unlets in the remote and leaft improved parts 

 of the kingdom. Concluding, however, they 

 took only a conjedlural furvey of this mat- 

 ter, I muft beg leave to obferve, that im- 

 mediately after reprobating the idea of raifing 

 the frog from the ground by paring, they 

 ftrenuoully recommend a much more cer- 

 tain method of producing the very evil they 

 tell you they wifti to prevent. And this by 



raifing 



