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or turning hammer, with three working faces, and 

 a strong bill point, improved, so as to be far superior 

 to the common country smiths' hammers. The other 

 tools are of inferior consequence. 



Hereafter follows a list of the ' farrier's instru- 

 ments,' employed in the days of the old writer so 

 often quoted ; of all which Markham has given cuts. 

 The hammer, which driveth the nail. The pincers, 

 which break, clench, and draw. The butteris, 

 which pareth and openeth the foot. The rasp or 

 rape, which maketh smooth the hoof. The cut- 

 tingknife, which pareth the hoof. The fleam, 

 which letteth blood. The farrier's lancet, which 

 openeth small veins, where the stroke may not be 

 used. The incision knife, to open imposthumes, 

 and to cut away proudflesh. The cronet, to take 

 up veins. The cauterizing iron, to open and 

 separate flesh. The round button cauterizing 

 iron, to bore holes. The mullets, to cleanse 

 wounds. The barnacles, to pinch a horse by the 

 nose or ears, (for which the twitch has been sub- 

 stituted). The needle, to stitch wounds. 



SECTION XVI.— The Stable. 



In the history of the horse, I have treated of this 

 branch of the subject at large, annexing the eleva- 

 tion and ground plan of a stable of the first class, 

 and upon the great scale ; which, as far as the room 

 and the means are sufficient, should be a rule in all 

 points of importance, with establishments of inferior 

 degree. It is sufficiently obvious that, in the country, 

 the horse can be best provided with stable accommo- 



