IMPROVED. Sji 



There are others again who are for foftning the 

 Sole of the Foot with greafy Things, and afterwards 

 pouring in a Mixture of boiling Pitch and Tarr ; 

 But 1 do not think thefel'hings can do any Service, 

 becaufe no right Reafon can be given why they fhould 

 eafe a Surbated Hoof. Therefore I rather recom- 

 mend old De Greys Method, which was to take two 

 new-laid Eggs, and after pricking the Feet well, 

 break them raw upon the Soles. After which Huff 

 with Ox or Cow-Dung. 



1? you only ufe the Whites of Eggs with fuch 

 Stuffing, I believe it will be ftill better ; for they 

 are moderately cooling, and by their clammy Na- 

 ture add Firmnefs to the dry and brittle Hoof. 



I have ordered a Horfe of this Sort to be fhod 

 with Pieces of old Hat under the Shoes, thinking 

 thereby to let him tread fofter, but all to no Purpofe, 

 for I could find no Difference in his Travelling. So 

 that in the Main there is no Cure for a beaten Hoof. 

 Therefore what I have faid before is all that can be 

 done in the Cafe. 



By a Horfe's being Hoof-bound is meant,, when Hoof- 

 his Heels are too narrow, il^c. or that his Hoof is boumi, 

 bound up and drawn together by Wrinkles, both^'''"^^* 

 which are a Sign of too great Heat in this Part of 

 the Horfe's Body. 



There are many and various Methods now in Ufe 

 for the Cure of this Diforder of the Hoof; and 

 Farriers, no doubt, will tell you that drawing the 

 Soles, and fere wing the Keels v/ider with a Piece of 

 Machinery for the Purpofe, will certainly cure your 

 Horfe. But altho' I have often taken Notice of 

 this barbarous CuHom, and been forry to fee a Flag 

 of Korfe-Soles hung out upon every filiy Smith's 

 Door ; yet I could never convince them that fuch 

 Method was erroneous and foolifh, or that they did 

 amifs when they fcraped away fo much of the Frufh 

 as they generally do to open the Heels in Shoeing, 

 the' by ic doing they wcr.kcn the Heels and make- 



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