2 ON SHOEING. 



Where the Art of Shoeing is most required. 



find even two whose ftet are exactly alike in 

 shape and make. The art of shoeing in such 

 great perfection is not required so much in some 

 parts of the country as in others : for instance, 

 amongst the farmers, and in small market-towns, 

 there is seldom any thing required out of the 

 common practice. But in large cities or towns, 

 where the streets are paved with stone, all the 

 skill of the shoeing-smith is necessary. In Not- 

 tingham, for instance, where the streets are fre- 

 quently hilly, and also paved with stone, the 

 horses' feet are severely tried. In one shop I 

 have known from eight to ten men to be con- 

 stantly employed in shoeing, or making shoes, all 

 Or ifiost of whom were clever at their business ; 

 yet all of these had different methods both of 

 making and of putting on shoes. Of this circum- 

 ^'Htftnce the men were well apprised ; and, as most 

 ^W them w^re accustomed to make shoes every 

 ' fti^ht and morning, although these were promis- 

 'ttuou^y thrown together, every man knew Hii 

 own work. If, for instance, any one of them 



