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mean the thin Part next the Quick, is made harder 

 and firmer, to hinder the getting in of foreign Mat- 

 ter ; and after burning the Oil, to melt in any 

 Kind cf Cement, fuch as Pitch, Rofm, Burgundy- 

 Pitch, or the like. 

 Sole to be If the Gravel ly^ deep or thro' the Sole of the 

 drawn, if Foot, which may be eafily told when you trace it. 

 the Gravel vvith the Farrier's drawing Knife, then indeed it is 

 he deep. ^^^^g^ ^.^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ the Sole, and by this Method:- 

 you may hinder a Quitter-Bone; for unlefs you 

 proceed fo r.s to fetch out all the Gravel, it wilt 

 Hill wwk upwards, as I have faid ; like as an Ear of 

 Rye or Barley will go further and further up one's 

 Arm if we put it under the Wrill-band of the Shirt, 

 " ' ilir the Arm from and to the Body. For a. 



and 



Hc-rfe\Hoof is ihaooth upwards and rough, down- 

 ward?,, in. the fame Manner with an Ear of Rye or 

 Barley : So that if any Gravel get to the Quick, it 

 cannot come out the fame Way it went in, unlefs 

 fcjaped out, but Vv'crks flill further and further up- 

 wards, 'till it makes its Egrefs about the Coronet of! 

 the Hoof. Therefore, if the Gravel lie deep, draw 

 the' Sole,, and apply Tar and Turpentine warm, 'till' 

 a new one be formed firm enough for the Horfe to- 

 travel upon. 

 ColHn-Bone Sometimes the Grievance proceeds flill further, 

 affcacd j^j^j afil^ds the CorHn-bone, which is of fo foft and 

 vith the fp^ngv a Nature, that it foon turns carious and rot- 

 • ten. Therefore, if this be the Cafe, ( which tho' 

 it cannot be told 'till tlie Sole is drawn, yet it may 

 be eafily difccrned afterwards in two Drefiings, when 

 the Blood is flop'd and the Part well vvafnM, by a 

 Continuation of the Blacknefs, over-againil the Hole, 

 in the Sole that's drawn;) I fay, if the Comn-Bone 

 The Cure, be tainted, nothing exceeds the Aaual Cautery or 

 Burning-Iron contrived with a Point like a Sugar- 

 Loaf ; and by drying the Bone in this Manner, and 

 the Application of the following fpirituous Mixture, 

 with the green Ointment, p. 283. over all, the Part 

 may be made found and without Blemi'^i, which it 



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