AND HOW TO KEEP IT SOUND. 



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FIGURES XI. AND XII. 



Figs. 11 and 12 represent the same foot as Figs. 9 and 10, 

 but shod upon a plan which interferes less with the natural 

 action of the various parts of the foot, than any other that 

 has ever been suggested, and therefore most strenuously to 

 be recommended. 



Fig. 11. 



Fig. 11 — Shows a shoe so applied: the web at the heels is as wide as at 

 the toe : — the heels are brought in, so as just to clear the frog, and de- 

 fend the foot, as much as possible, against injury: — the toe is turned up 

 out of the line of wear : — the fullering is carried back to the heels, and 

 the nails placed four in the outer, and two in the inner side of the shoe. 

 — I carry the system a little further with my own horses ; and omit the 

 ■ocond nail on the inner side, — employLig only five altogether. 



