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Youatt, Douglas, Miles, Bracy Clarke, Fearnley, 

 Ransom, Treacy, Kendall, &c. Some of these writers 

 are English and some American, and their works are 

 easy of access in any good public library. 



Then, the perils of the nail have to be considered, 

 ' pricking ' the foot always causing great pain and 

 lameness, and sometimes ending in the death of the 

 animal. 



The pecuniary saving of abandoning the shoe 

 I do not take into consideration, neither the cost of 

 veterinary attendance on horses which have been 

 injured by the farrier. The saving is of course con- 

 siderable, but my dealings are with the welfare of 

 the horse, and not with the pockets of the owner. 



In concluding this portion of the work, I only 

 again ask the reader to balance the weight of actual 

 evidence on both sides of the question, to discharge 

 from his mind all prejudices, and to deliver his judg- 

 ment as impartially as if he were a judge acting in 

 a court of law. 



