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HORSE AND MAN. 



thousand miles without any protection to the hoof. 

 Another remarkable point in the history of the 

 animal is, that he always went lame when shod, but 

 has never done so since his shoes were removed. 



In order to give the reader a more complete idea 

 of the appearance of the hoof when untrammelled by 

 the shoe, I here present him with a fac-simile of a photo- 

 graph taken from the two fore-feet of the same animal. 



FORE-FEET OF DR. LLEWELLYNS HORSE. 



I need only request my unprejudiced reader to 

 look at this photograph, and ask himself whether 

 any shod hoofs can compare with these. I do not 

 offer a fancy drawing of hoofs, as I think they ought 

 to be under certain circumstances, but give the 

 photographic portrait of hoofs as they are under 

 those same conditions. 



