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before, and whose feet turn inward, may be m 

 a great measure prevented, by firing away the 

 hoof so much as not to endanger the safety of 

 the foot, and rounding oiF the shoe consider- 

 ably at the inmost point of the toe-, for in 

 this case the least diminution would make a 

 great difference -, and it is remarkable that 

 horses thus formed do not cut much oftener, 

 from their lees approachinj?; so near to each 

 other at every motion. 



As the advantage of practice is too evident 

 to require enforcing by argument, when facts 

 can be demonstrated at an easy rate, Ifc- is the 

 duty of those who undertake to instruct others, 

 to teach them practically. Farriers should 

 procure the feet of dead horses, fresh cut ofr, 

 and point out, by operations, to those they em- 

 ploy, the necessity of caution v/hile in the act 

 of shoeing •, for such is the susceptibility of the 

 foot, that the slightest v/ound is often attended 

 with the worst consequences. 



To what has been said on the subject of 

 shoeing and horses* feet, a hint might be added 

 to those who keep grooms, to take care, at the 

 conclusion of a ride, that their horses are not 

 wantonly exercised -, for it not unfrequently 



