ON THE HACKNEY AND HUNTER. 20g 



not fo diftinguifhed. We are to fuppofe the 

 feet of Caefar's horfe had proper corns. The 

 ailment, in queftion, is called by the French 

 blame> and is, properly, a bruifed fpot or fpeck 

 upon the fole of the heel, wearing either a red 

 and bloodfhot, or black appearance, according 

 as it is recent, or otherwife, as we obferve of 

 the fame accident in the human nail. Its mod 

 common origin is from bad (hoeing, and is 

 curable by the contrary. I have cured, per- 

 fectly, very bad corns of two years {landing, 

 which never afterwards appeared, in the courfe 

 of years, the hack dying in my poffefTion. 



The feet, in general, may be divided into 

 the extremes of hard and foft, bQth of which 

 are too frequently met with. I have had two 

 hacks with feet of each kind; one of which, 

 I rode conftantly nine, the other, occasionally, 

 three or four years. For too hard feet I know 

 of no remedy, except their constantly running 

 abroad, and then a fortnight's work upon the 

 road, will render them fo feverilh and painful, 

 that your horfe will be crippled; in fhort, will 

 have the appearance of an incipient founder. 

 Over- (Iron z and hard hoofs, are faid to occa- 

 fion lamenefs, by compreffing the internal 

 ftru&ure of the foot. Their appearance is 

 ufually high and deep, fometimes like afs- 

 hoofs, very hollow, with fcarce any frog; 

 fometimes much contracted a-top by the coro- 



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