RejieBiom on Jlming HORSES. 361 



againfl: the ground, or pavement, im- 

 .prefles idelf, as it were, by the weight 

 of the horfe's body, into the inequalities 

 and interftices it happens to meet in its 

 way •, by this means, the foot rafting on 

 a great many more parts, v/hich mutually 

 eafe it, by nmltiplying the points of fup- 

 port, gives the animal a ftronger adhe- 

 rence, and more fecurity upon fhe place 

 lie goes. 



By paring away the fole, the air, when The in^'u- 

 it is in this thin (late, penetrates, and J ^^''^ ^'^ 

 dries it to fuch a degree, that by its con- jj^^^^^jg 

 tradlion it comprelfcs the fleihy lole, fo^henpar^ 

 as to lame the horfe. cd. 



in- 



By this means, alfo, fand and gravel Ocher- 

 get in, and are ground between the fole juries to 

 and fhoe •, and again between the horfe's ^^^ ^"^^ 

 heel and thofe of the llioe •, which not ^^' P'V^S 



J., . . ^ the lole. 



readily coming out again, caule com- 

 preffions, inflammations, i^c. which laft 

 accidents are very often the efFeds of a 

 ilone's being wedged in between the Hioc- 

 heels. 



To recapitulate the whole. 



The weight of the faddle-horfe doei 

 not prefs upon the toe or hed, but on 



the 



