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wliich was universally read and esteemed in the rel2;n of Queen 

 Elizabetli. Tliis small work Avas republished, with notes, by 

 Dr. Bracken. Three years after appeared Gervase Markham, 

 the most renowned of ancient farriers. He published a Avork, 

 under the name of "Markham 's Masterpiece," in the year 1666; 

 it 23assed through twenty-five editions, the last of which appeared 

 in 1729. He was in practice more than sixty years. In the 

 year 1740, De Grey published his "Compilation on Farriery," 

 which was not much esteemed. Snape, fai'rier to King Charles 

 the Second, published the first English treatise on the Anatomy 

 of the Horse ; but it was taken in great measure from Ruinl, 

 an old Italian author of great merit. In the year 1770, Sir 

 William Hope published a translation of Solleysel's work, which 

 was much read and esteemed. In the reign of King Geoi'ge 

 the First, Dr. Layard published an Account of a dreadful 

 Epidemic which raged among Cattle. Other publications of 

 a similar nature appeared about the same time. In the year 

 1750, appeared the best book on Farriery that had ever been 

 written, by William Gibson, a surgeon. It went through many 

 editions, and is still considered valuable. About the same time 

 Dr. Bracken published two volumes on Farriery, which were 

 greatly esteemed, and are still read. Bartlett's " Gentleman's 

 Complete Farrier" next appeared. He published also a Veteri- 

 nary Pharmacopoeia. The former was in great measure an 

 abridgment of Gibson. It contained, however, a new method 

 of nicking, and a description of Lafosse's supposed cure for the 

 glanders. Osmer next published a treatise on Lameness, con- 

 taining many new and useful observations ; also, a " Description 

 and Recommendation of Lafosse's Half-Moon Shoe" — a shoe 

 that I do not consider proper on any occasion whatever ; be- 

 cause, with such a shoe, the heels are constantly wearing, while 

 the toe is gi'owing, which must be a great injury to the flexor 

 tendon, or its appendages, and cause the frog to receive more 

 pressure than it was designed for. He afterwards wrote a book 

 on an epidemic disease that prevailed, which contained many 

 useful observations. In the year 1780, Mr. James Clark, of 

 Edinburgh, published a small work "on the Prevention of 

 Disease by Exercise, Feeding, Bleeding, &c." This is an excel- 

 lent work, and may be still read with advantage by veterinary 

 students. Lord Pembroke, about this time, published a work 

 on Horsemanship, which contained many sensible observations 

 on the diseases of horses, and on shoeing. His lordship was 

 Colonel of the First, or Boyal Dragoons, and had the horses of 

 his regiment shoed according to a plan of his own. This plan 

 was continued while I was in the regiment, and is, I believe, 

 still in use. This shoe is that which I now recommend for good 

 feet. About the year 1789, Mr. Taplin's "Stable Directory" 



