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l^he Art of Farriery 



wafhing the Fleels with warm Water, when the 



Horfe comes in. 



"VVarcry I fhall not make a diilinft Chapter of watry Sores, 



Sores, and ^c. of the Legs, as Mr. Gibfon has done, feeing 



ri.r.nmg thefe Diforders may be confider'd under the Chapter 



l-ivih. ^£ ^j^g Greafe, &c. And if a Korfe has naturally 



a running Frufh, I believe there is no Cure that can 



be accounted" fafe, no more than we. can cure People 



of fweaty Feet. Therefore the bcfr Way is to keep 



both thefe Inconveniencies as fweet and clean as the 



Circumftances of the Cafe will adm.it pf, by reafon 



an entire Drying up of fach fuperfluous Matter, 



which Nature has thought fit to difcharge thisWa)-, 



might bring On worfe Evils. 



I fhali now proceed to the DiHempers o^ the Foot : 

 And Jirji^ of Surhating. 



CHAP. XLV. 



Of Surhating, ar.cl 7iarrc<-L\: HeeU-. 



The 5;jgns . T M U S T own, that the Farriers have a great 

 \ many Names for Dillempers that would puzzle 

 a Man to find out their Etymologies ; nor can I 

 think from whence the Term Sur bating ccm.e?, un- 

 lefs from the French of Sur and Battre, which fig- 

 nifies to ftrike upon, as w^hen the Horfe's Hocf 

 ftrikes upon the Pavement, and thereby becomes 

 hot, or what we call furhated. 



The Cavifc. Surbated Hoofs proceed from hard Ufage and in- 

 judicious Shoeing, tho' moftly from the natural Con- 

 formation or Make of the Horfe's Hoof, which if, 

 inllead of being of a flat Make and open Heel, it is 

 a deep Hoof with a narrow Heel, you may fully 

 expC'lt he will (if ufed upon hard Roads) become 

 farb.ited or beaten of his Feet in a very fiiort Time, 

 let the Ov.ner take wiiat Care he can of him. 



:: I hope I need net -^11 the Reader, that eafy Shoe- 

 ing, Greafmg, or Liquoring the Hoofs with Hog's 



Lard 



