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there is not the lead Bit got thro' the Sole. And 

 therefore I fay, you muft give Allowance for a 

 tender-footed Horfe. 



The Gravel moflly follows the Nail-Holes, and 

 when thefe pafs too near the Quick, 'tis then fuch 

 Sort of Matter gets in and corrupts, working its 

 Way continually upwards towards the Coronet, or 

 Part between Hoof and Hair, where it very often 

 forms what the Farriers call a Quitter-Bone, of te- 

 dious and difficult Cure. 



Furthermore a Horfe may be gravel'd from his 

 being fo thin pared in the Heels or elfewhere of his 

 Foot, that it works its Way thro' ; yet I believe, 

 the Farriers often make a Miftake by calling the 

 Lamenefs a Gravel, when it is the Horfe's Foot 

 which is crufli'd about the Heel by the Shoe that 

 fits too hard, and the crufh'd Blood when grown 

 corrupt makes the Horfe halt and go lame ; th-^re- 

 fore upon fearching the Hoof it is term'd a Grrvel. 

 But as the Cure of both are the fame, we may the 

 more eafily forgive the Miftake. 



Aft r you have got out all the Gravel, ( which 

 may be known by a Difcontinuation of the Black- 

 nef-',) the Place may be heaPd with the Green 

 Ointment, Page.z^i. which muil be aprly'd very 

 warm, or rather poured hct into the Grievance ; 

 and afterwards fill the hollow Part with fomething 

 of a more firm Confiftence, fach as black Pitch, 

 with a little Turpentine, or the like. However it 

 may be proper every Night to view how Matters go, 

 leaft the Cement be dropt out in Travelling. The 

 beft Way to preferve it in its Place, is to leave the 

 Hole as rough as poffible, and hollow'd a little under ; 

 that is, to make the Hole larger within than with- 

 out, in the fame M.mner as we fix the Gudgeons of 

 a Door in Stone, by melting Lead into the 

 Cavities. 



Some have a Method, and that not defpicable, of 

 burning Gil of Turpentine in the Hole, after the 

 Gravel is got out ; for by this Means the Sole, I ' 



mean 



