suffered, as it is very pernicious to the hoof. 

 The French farriers'put shoes on in a different 

 manner to the farriers of this country; they 

 have a place for the horse's foot, in which they 

 fasten it, then standing before the foot, they 

 drive the nails in as if they were driving them 

 into a block. The English farrier takes the 

 horse's foot betv/een his knees, and by this 

 means he has more command over it ; he see3 

 the direction of the nail better in driving it^ 

 and the horse's foot assists in the entrance of 

 the nails by its re-action ; and if the animal 

 happens to be hurt, they perceive it the easier 

 by his suddenly shrinking on the nail approach- 

 ing too near the quick. It should seem, there- 

 fore, that the English method of shoeing i? 

 preferable to thai of the French, 



