HORSEMANSHIP. 59 



1 7 43 — contin tied. 



p^entlemen and tradesmen who are obliged to 

 travel the Countries. 



Ubi Equos mercantur, opertos 



Inspiciunt, ne si facies (ut ssepe) decora 

 Molli fulta pede est, emptorem inducat hiantem, 

 Quod pulchrae Clunes, breve quod Caput, Ardua 

 Cervix. — HORACE. 



By Henry Bracken, M.D., Author of the 



2 volumes of " Farriery Improved," etc. The 

 Second Edition. London. 1743. 



i2mo. 151 pp. and index. M., 6| in. by 4 in. 



1746. 



(72'j Observations on the Mechanism of the Horse's Foot ; 

 its natural spring explained, and a mode of shoe- 

 ing recommended, by which the foot is defended 

 from external injury, with the least impediment to 



its spring. By Strickland Freeman, Esq. 



London. 1 746. 



4to. 107 pp. and 16 coloured plates, each with a key ; 

 32 in all. M., 12 in. by g\ in. 



Author's own copy, with Book Plate, dated 18 10. 



" What, indeed, is to be expected from a man who has 

 no other guide than a long-continued practice, and 

 who must of necessity labour under very great uncer- 

 tainties ! Incapable of accounting rationally for what 



