IV INTRODUCTION. 



at the solicitation of a great number of 

 respectable gentlemen, graziers in the 

 neighbourhood of Retford, and also of in- 

 dividuals from different parts of the king- 

 dom, and likewise with a sincere desire of 

 rendering every assistance that lies in the 

 author's power to young farriers, and to 

 the public in general. 



Notwithstanding the great opposition 

 which was made seven and twenty years 

 ago by some interested farriers, who were 

 implacable enemies to the first publication 

 of his work, the author has had the sa- 

 tisfaction of seeing it rise superior to all 

 detraction ; and can confidently aver, that 

 if any person, who has the least skill in the 

 practical part of farriery, will give strict 

 attention to the symptoms which appear 

 on the afflicted horse ; and will further 

 compare them with the rules and exam- 

 ples laid down in the following treatise,, 



