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the plaster on his leg at present cost me 8d. I 

 cured Bangups mouth ; theirs Joe's horse 

 which was Harry Lee's I took his shoe off 

 examined his foot and then set it on again, — 

 drew it in two places examined it and put a 

 poultice on it. To drugs and nails 15-0, To 

 loss of time and trouble i-o-o, Total ^i-15-o. 

 N.B. Gibson did not do so much for Jack 

 Ogden's horse for 10 pounds." 



After the various services rendered, the 

 owner of the horses must have been a churl 

 indeed if he grumbled at the bill. Professional 

 gentlemen of the present day would scarcely 

 care to employ their talents for such moderate 

 remuneration. 



It is in the recollection of elderly people how 

 farriers used to ride about the country with 

 their wallets, containing operative instruments 

 of primitive manufacture and a diversified 

 supply of nostrums. They would call upon 

 the farmers, and, according to their own 

 estimates, could cure all the disorders that 

 four-footed animals were troubled with. Nor 

 was this the limit of their abilities, for they 

 included the human subject as well, and would 



