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CHAP. II. 



Refiedliom on Jhoeiiig HORSES. 



Thehorfe X T IS no fmall pleafure to obferve, that 

 worthy J|_ ("q uleful an animal as the horfe, is not 

 of^men of ^^0*^8^- unworthy the ftudy, and even 

 letters. manual afTiftance, of men of reading, ana- 

 tomical knowledge, and a capacity to 

 form their pradice upon judicious and 

 well conducted experiments: the obfer- 

 vations in the former chapter fufficiently 

 confirm our aflertion, nor will the fubfe- 

 quent ones in this, give the curious rea- 

 der a lefs favourable opinion of M. La 

 FolTe's abihties, who feems to be a per- 

 itd: mailer of his fubje6l; as the points he 

 treats on are a fet in a new light, and are 

 very material to the prefervation of the 

 animal he patronises. 



Shoeing Indeed the affair of fhoeing horfe^ is 

 horfesan fo important in its confequences, both for 

 important ^j^^ preftrvation of the foot, the fafety 

 of the legs, and the eafe of their motion, 

 that we cannot be too attentive to any 

 innovations that may be recommended 

 to us in thisrefpedtj we fliall therefore 



give 



