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THE CONCAVE SEATED SHOE. 



than the work requires, for an ounce or two in the weight of the 

 shoe will sadly tell at the end of a hard day's work. Th.s is 

 acknowledged in the hunting-shoe, which is narrower and lighter 

 than that of the hackney, although the foot of the hackney is 

 smaller than that of the hunter. It is more decidedly acknowl- 

 edged in the racer, who wears a shoe only sufficiently thick .to 

 prevent it from bending when it is used. 



THE CONCAVE SEATED SHOE. 



A cut is subjoined of a shoe which is useful and valuable for 

 general purposes. It is employed in many of our best forges, and 

 promises gradually to supersede the flat and the simple concave 

 shoe, although it must, in many respects, yield to the unilateral shoe. 



It presents a perfectly flat surface to the ground, in order to 

 give as many points of bearing as possible, except that, on the 

 outer edge, there is a groove oi fuller, in which the nail-holes aie 

 punched, so that, sinking into the fuller, their heads project but 

 a little way, and are soon worn down level with the shoe. 



Fig. 50. 



The web of this shoe is of the same thickness throughout, froip 

 the toe to the heel ; and it is sufficiently wide to guard the sole 



