ReJlcBioju onJJjoe'mg HORSES. 355 



Thus the cannon-bone 3, prefles on How the 

 the paftern 4, this on the coronary 5, HJ^^^q^^^ 

 the coronary upon the cofHn, or foot- ^^^ adua- 

 bone 6, and upon the nut-bone 3, Fig 2. ted. 



By this defcription of the bones, we 

 may obferve two eflential things, which 

 lay open the faults in the prefent method 

 of fhoeing, and point out the means of 

 being able to remedy them for the future ; Where 

 one is, that the effort of the weight of the weight 

 a horfe does not bear either upon the toe 9^^^ 

 or heel, but on the middle between both ; ^.^^rs. 

 the other fhews the greater the diftance of 

 the fole from the ground, or from what- 

 foever point of fupport, the more the 

 pufhing the coronary bone upon the 

 nut-bone will fatigue the nerve or tendon 

 upon which it refts, by the inordinate dif- 

 tenfion it undergoes at every flep the 

 horfe takes. 



Thus we fee, that by hollowing away By paring 

 the fole in paring, the horfe is fultained away the 

 only upon the walls of the hoof, which ^<^>e, u is 

 havinor no affiftance of fupport from the "'^f/"^ 

 horny lole, is immediately worn, and hoofs. 

 battered by the weight of the horfe's 

 body j and the fooner he treads upon 



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