376 ON THE ART OF SHOEING. 



with a flat plate of iron, having fix or feven 

 nail-holes on the outer edge, accompanied with 

 a projection of four or five inches of iron at 

 the toe, which paffing the cleft of the foot, is 

 bent over the hoof; or with eight fhoes, one 

 under each nail ; otherwife with four, one un- 

 der each external nail ; or only two, one under 

 the externa] nail of each fore-foot. 



END OF THE FIRST VOLUME. 



