i^A Of Cures ChyrurgicaL Lib. II. 



in the Shank, then it is by means of fome Splent, Screw_, Wind-gall, 

 or fuchapparent Grief, moft apparent to be beheld. 



Now if the Grief of this halting be in his Foot, then it is either in 

 the Cronet, in the Heel, in the Toe, in the Quarters, or in the ^oie of 

 the Foot^ if it be in the Cronet, either the Grief will be appa ent, 

 the Skin be broken or fvvoln fome manner of way, or elfe laying your 

 Hand upon the Cronet, it will burn and glow exceedingly, and then 

 he hath got fome ftrain of the Joint within the Hoof; if it be in the 

 Heel, as by over- reach, or other wife, then it is to be feen, and he 

 will tread altogether upon the Toe; if upon any of the Quarters, 

 which is to be underftood from the middle Hoof to the Heel, then 

 going on the edge of a Bank or hilly Ground, he wile halt more than 

 on the plain Ground, and by the Florfes coming toward you, and go- 

 ing from you upon fuch Edge or Bank, you fliail perceive whether his 

 Grief be in the inward Quarters or outward Quarters : Alfo he may 

 halt upon his Quarters by the pricking of a Nail, and then you (hall 

 with a pair of Pinfons nip the Head of every Nail and his Hoof to- 

 gether, and where he complaineth, there draw the Nail; and if the 

 Nail fmk, then there is his pain, [f he halt in the Toe, which is fel- 

 dom or never ieen, then he will tread altogether upon his Heel : If 

 his Grief be in the Sole of his Foot, as by the treading upon fome 

 Nail or Stub, or by Surbayting, or fuch like, then he will halt all after 

 one fort, upon any Ground whatfoever, unlefs it be upon the ftones, 

 and then he will halt the moil. 



Now to be fure in what part of the Foot the Grief is, it fhall be 

 good, firft to make him go upon the plain Ground, and then upon a 

 hard and ftony way, and after upon a banky Ground, and by taking 

 careful Notes and careful handling him, you fhall eafdy fee of what 

 Member he halteth. 



CHAP. LXII. Of Halting hehlnd. and where the Grief is. 



IF a Horfe halt behind, his Grief of Neceflicy muft cither be in his 

 Hip, (of fome called the Huckle-bone, or in the HifF, in the Hough, 

 in the Ham, in the Leg, iji the nether Joinr, in the Paftern or in 

 the Foot. If he halt in the Hip of any new hurt, the Horfe will go 

 fide-Iong, and not follow fo well with that Leg as with the other, nei- 

 ther will be able to turn upon that fide without much favouring 

 of his Leg; but if it be any old hurt, then the fore Hip will flirink, 

 and be lower than the other ; and it is beft {^tn when he goeth up a 

 Hill, or upon the edge of fome Bank, fo as the worii Leg may go on 

 the higher fide, for then he will halt fo much the more, becaufe it is 

 very painful unto him to go fo unevenly wrenching his Leg ; if the 

 Grief be in the ftifF, then the Horfe in his going will caft the ftiiF 



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