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liorfes, who, from an irregular fhape of die 

 foot, called turning out the toe, are addi£led 

 to a kind of curve in action againft the fet- 

 lock joint of the other leg) the evil is con- 

 ftituted to a certainty ; but when it arifes 

 from thefe caufes, it is always to be removed 

 or greatly mitigated by the judicious in- 

 terpofition of the Smith, whofe particular 

 province it is to difcover and remedy the 

 defedl. 



Another caufe of this inconvenience very 

 frequently proceeds from what I have ever 

 t:oniidered a palpable abfurdity in the fyftem 

 of fhoeing, and anxioufly wifh it to undergo 

 a general improvement : this is the incon^ 

 Jijlent, ridiculous y and I hiay almoft venture 

 to add, ijivincible folly of forming a groove in 

 the web of the flioe, neither large enough 

 nor deep enough to admit the head of the 

 nail, for the entire reception of which the 

 plan w^as originally formed ; though feldom 

 or ever made fufficiently wide to complete the 

 purport of its firft intention. 



The difadvantages arifing from this want 



(or proftitution) of judgment in execution, is 



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