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** ipove the lower Part of the Leg and Foot, whofe Fibres 

 *' being at any time affedled, either by Bruifcs, ill Shoe- 

 *' ing, or ftanding in the Water after hard Riding, while 

 *' the Horfe it hot ; or by ftanding ftill in the Stable for fe- 

 *' vera! Days, without having the Feet ftopt up, and the 

 '' like ; I fay, the tendinous Fibres being affedled by thefe 

 " or other Means, caufe the Horfe to have fuch great Pain 

 *' in his Feet, that he can fcarce endure to tread upon them, 

 *' which Lamenefs we call a Founder. Now this Diflem- 

 *' per is fo much the harder to cure, by reafon thefe Fibres 

 *' lie fo far out of Reach, moft of them running on the up- 

 *' per fide of the Bone, betwixt it and the Hoof, and not to 

 *' its Bottom ; fo that the Hoof growing upon the Irdes, 

 *' as the Soal doth at the Bottom, there is great Hazard : 

 *' But we (hall mifs effeding a Cure, if we only pull the 

 *' Soal out, and do not cut Part of the Hoof ofFalfo. This 

 *' is not my bare Opinion, but the Experience of thofe 

 ** who have had good Succefs in curing founder'd Horfes, 

 *' who, by raifing the Hoof from the Cronet^ or Top of 

 *' it, to the very Bottom, in five or fix Places^ until they 

 *' have made the Blood come, and then applying thefe Re- 

 *' medics to thofe Places, have made thofe Horfes found, 

 " whom the drawing out of their Soals would not cure. 



Now it is very plain, when the Infirmity lies in the ten- 

 dinous Fibres which are inferted into the upper Part of the 

 Coffin-bone, it cannot readily be removed by barely taking 

 out the Soal, as Mr. Snape has juftly obferved ; and there- 

 fore the Method he has laid down ought, in all obftinat? 

 Cafes, to be compIyM with as the moft certain -, and what, 

 if rightly manag'd, may, for the moft part, be attended with 

 good Succefs ; and nothing can be more properly applied 

 to the Wounds made in the Hoof, than Tar, Turpentine, 

 and Honey, melted together, with a fourth part of Spirit of 

 Wine, foaking Pledgits of clean Hurds in this Mixture, and 

 laying them pretty warm upon the Razures or Chinks, o- 

 mitting two Days after the firft Drefiing, continuing after- 

 wards to make your Applications every Day, until the va- 

 cant Spaces of the Hoof are filled up. The fame Applica- 

 tions ought alfo to be made to the Soal, covering the whole 

 Foot with flaxen Cloths dipt in Oil and Vinegar beat to- 

 gether, which n]ay be faftened with a Roller, or a pretty 

 long piece of Lift. 



but the preceeding Method is only neceflary in obftinate 

 Cafes, for many times the Fondring is cur'd only by melt- 

 ing Pi;ch and Tar, with a fufficient Quantity of Hogs- 

 lard, 



