The PREFACE. 



And therefore, that we might avoid thefe Incon- 

 veniencies, we have in our Anatomical Part wholly 

 ftudied the Benefit of fuch as are unacquainted with 

 the Subjed, having defcrib'd all the Parts of a Horfe, 

 with their feverai Ufes, in as fhort and concife a Man- 

 ner as poflible, and at the fame time omitted nothing 

 that is abfolutely material *, and we have not only 

 redlified feverai Miftakes in Mr. Snape^ but have 

 added many Things from the modern Difcoveries, 

 which are not to be met with in that Author, and 

 which are very neceflary to the Knowledge of Dif- 

 eafes. Neither need we make any Apology for the 

 hard Appellations of fome of the Mufdes, other than 

 what Mr, Snape has already done, viz. That whereas 

 moft of them have the fame Ufe with thofe of the 

 human Body, he therefore thought it prudent to re- 

 tain the fanie Names, believing it would be too af- 

 fumiing in him to impofe others. 



The Figures of the feverai Parts, are by all own'd 

 fo ncceflary, that we need not fay any thing to recom- 

 mend them, they being conftant Helps, not only to 

 thofe who are Strangers to the Subjecft, but alfo to 

 fuch as are acquainted therewith *, and tho' we are 

 in this refpedt chiefly indebted to the Induflry of 

 Mr. Snape^ as he was to Ruini^ for many of them, 

 yet we doubt not of Approbation in the Choice we 

 have m.ade, as v/e have not any that arc ufelefs, buc 

 fuch as are of mod Importance. 



As to our Treatife of Di/eafes^ it is partly the 

 Refult of fome Obfervations that were made while 

 I attended the Army, and partly of fome that have 

 been made fince ; during which time, we have care- 

 fully taken notice of all thofe things, both in Books 

 and in Pradlice, that were the chief Hindrances to 

 the Advancement of the Farrier's Art ; and what 

 Steps we have taken to put it upon a better Foot- 

 ing, will be judged reafonable by fuch as have pe- 

 ruf€dMr..S//.^^^'sBook, efpecially thofe fhort Digref-- 



fions, 



