35$ ON THE ART OF SHOEING. 



ply ; of the truth of which, they may be very 

 cheaply and eafily convinced. 



The reader, defirous of information, will 

 have made his own inferences from the princi- 

 ples I have laid down : without being any great 

 connoiffeur in horfe-fhoeing, he has, I dare fay, 

 found them accordant with common fenfe, 

 which has much more to do in the right ma- 

 nagement of all things, than profefhonal myf- 

 tics are willing to allow. As has been faid, the 

 reformation mufl come from the perfonal ex- 

 ertions of people of property. In fuch conhfls 

 the lawful and meritorious influence of wealth. 

 Little is to be effected, as ages have (hewn in 

 this particular cafe, from the feeble efforts of 

 authors, who, to ufe a phrafe of the fchools, are 

 poor by cuftom, and therefore little attended 

 to. But whoever fhall fet about this neceffary 

 reform, will have an immenfe load of prejudice 

 to counteract, in grooms and farriers in general, 

 by no means undeferving the character beftowed 

 on them, by the difcerning Earl of Pembroke. 

 A holy zeal for antiquated forms, and an in- 

 vincible attachment to precedent, right or 

 wrong, are not confined to the fupenor pro- 

 fefhons. The late profeflbr, St. Bel, affured 

 me, that one of his workmen left the fervice of 

 the College, although his wages were higher, 

 and his labour lefs, than clfewhere, rather than 



fubmit 



