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ning for a heat, and the horfe is then faid to 

 have ** broken down.'* 



This defcripticn comes to diredlly in point 

 with the fliape and ftate of the horfe's foot 

 in tbeir mode of JJjoeirig, that the horfe miift 

 be at all times liable to fudden lamenefs, 

 and more particularly at the riling of every 

 hill, where his foot would be exaftly in 

 the fituation by which I have defcribed ftrains 

 to be acquired. Every Reader at all ac- 

 quainted with, or having even a tolerable 

 idea of the anatomical ftrudure of the leg 

 and foot, by taking a comparative view of 

 the mode of. Ihoeing recommended, and the 

 evident manner of fuilaining an injury in the 

 baek fijieivs, as they are termed, will be 

 fufliciently enabled to decide upon the eon- 

 Jijlency of the propofed plan, and, I flatten 

 myfelf, enough convinced of the danger, to 

 coincide w^ith me in opinion, that a horfe 

 Ihod in this manner, to cover a hilly coun-- 

 try either in a journey or the chaee, muft 

 inevitably fall dead lame from a relaxation 

 of the tendinous parts ; or, even in a low 

 flat country, become fo exceedingly weary 

 from a want of proper fupport for the heel, 



that 



