INDEX. 389 



Society Highland, 329. 



Shoeing, 338. Ancient mode of, 339. Of 

 the Italians, 340. External furface of (hoe, 

 concave, ibid. Method of the common far- 

 riers, 344. Of the better kind of farriers, 345-6. 

 Of the prefent defects of thefe laft, 346-7. 

 350. Ofmer's method practicable with nine- 

 tenths of the faddle, and all the cart-horfes, 

 348. How to (hoe the remaining tenth, 

 ibid. Safety and convenience of the Englim 

 bar- (hoe, for quarters and frogs incurably 

 tender, 349. 373. Accidents from the round- 

 furfaced (hoe, 352. Reformation to be ex- 

 pected only from the exertions of owners of 

 horfes, ibid. Cart-horfes, in London, the 

 unprofitable and cruel method in which they 

 are (hod, 353 to 358. Preliminaries to be 

 infifted upon, 359. Abufes of fmiths, 361. 

 Error of precipitant attempts at improvement 

 exemplified, 361. Feet of, reduced by bad 

 (hoeing, to be previoufly recovered at grafs, 

 362-3. Weights of (hoes for all defcrip- 

 tions, 365. Importance of (hoeing properly 

 at firft, ibid. Various manoeuvres, and forms 

 of (hoes, opinion of, 365. Drawing the 

 fole, abominable, ibid. Exceptions relative 

 to paring, 366. Form and breadth of (hoe, 

 368. Number of nails, 370. Toe (hort, 



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