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embrace the refolution of making themfelves 

 fo far mafters of the fubjeft, as to be able to 

 direcl thofe whom they employ. It is my 

 duty, during the prefent Treatife, to afford them 

 fuch a general infight, and to furniffi them with 

 fuch principles, as mall not fail of the intended 

 purpofe, if feconded by very moderate appli- 

 cation of their own. The advice I have to 

 offer, in refpecl to fhoeing, will, I truft, lie fo 

 much within the province of general reafon- 

 ing and common fenfe, that little or no profef- 

 fional knowledge will be requifite, in order 

 fully to comprehend it. I am the more particu- 

 lar in the article of (hoeing, as it is that in which 

 we ever have been, and (till are, fo notorioufly 

 defe£live ; a few words will defcribe its vafl 

 confequence : of what ufe, (as has been often 

 demanded) is the mod beautiful and (lately 

 edifice, if in conftant danger of falling, for 

 want of a fufficient foundation ? 



Let us previoufly finifh what remains to be 

 faid upon the (hoeing Cart-horfes, which draw 

 . upon the London pavements. All of which I 

 have been complaining relative to the (hoeing 

 faddle-horfes, is the pure funfhine ofwifdom 

 placed in comparifon with the accurfed me- 

 thods taken purpofely, as it (hould feem, to 

 overthrow, cripple, and torture the unfortunate 

 cart-horfe. This wretched animal has huge 

 maffes of iron affixed to his feet, by monftrous 



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