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Ears, which Cthough fome ftill continue that fa- 

 fhion) oughtnot to be meddled with,for fe^of mak^ 

 ing him catch cold. 



When this is done, let him have him to the Far- 

 rier^ and there get a Sett of Shoos anfwerable to 

 thefhapeofhisFoof, and nottop^rehis Foot that 

 it may fit his Shoo , as too many Farriers do, not 

 only in Brabant and Flanders, but here likewife. 

 Be fure let his Feet be well open'd betwixt the 

 Quarters and the Thmjl)^ to prevent Hoof-binding-^ 

 and let them be open'd ftraight, and not fide-mys, 

 for by that means in two or three Shooings, his 

 Heels (which are the ftrength of his Feet) will be 

 cut quite away. Pare his Foot as hollow as you 

 can, and then the Shoo will not prefs upon it. The 

 Shoo muft come near to the Heel, yet not be let 

 fo clofe as to bruife it 5 nor yet lo open as to catch 

 in his Shoos, if at any time he happen to over- 

 reach , and fo hazard the pulUng them off, the 

 breaking of his Hoof, or the bruifing of his Heel. 

 The Webbs of the Shoos muft be neither too 

 broad, nor too narrow , but of a middle fze , a- 

 bout the breadth of an inch, withflop'd Spmges, and 

 even with his Foot ; for though it would be for 

 the advantage of the Travelling Horfe's Heel , tO.< 

 have the Shoo fit a little wider than the Hoof, 

 on both fides , that the Shoo might bear his 

 Weight, and not his Foot touch the gfound^ yet the 

 Hunter being often forc'd to gallop on rotten fpun- 

 gy Earth, to have them larger would hazard Lam-. 

 ing, and pulling off hisShoos, as hath been fliown 

 before* 



There is an Old Proverb, Before behind, and 

 Behind before ; that is , in the Fore-feet the Veins 

 lie behind, and in the Hinder-feet they lie befora 

 Therefore let the Farrier take care that he pnck 



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