FOUR SETS OP LEGS. 141 



the hair, and let the water make its way into the 

 coronary ring.' 



So, after working his sweet will upon the hoof, 

 man wonders at its weakness, and lays down the 

 stupid axiom that ' one horse can wear out four sets 

 of legs,' which is equivalent to saying that the Creator 

 did not know how to make a horse. 



