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of the crust ; the inconvenience of which would be greatly 

 aggravated by the four holes of the outer side being placed 

 in the seating, causing a considerable strain upon the nails, 

 whenever the weight was thrown upon the outside of the 

 foot, as it would be in turning to the left. 

 J /. The seating, everywhere overdone, excepting at the heels, 

 where it was most wanted ; and there it is discontinued 

 altogether. When a shoe is too much hollowed by seating, 

 it defeats its own object by leaving space enough for a body 

 of dirt, or even small stones, to work in and become im- 

 bedded between the foot and the shoe, resisting the descent 

 of the sole as effectually as an unseated shoe would do. 

 Sufficient space to admit the point of a picker to pass 

 freely all around between the shoe and the foot, is all that 

 is necessary. 



The web of the shoe, it will be observed, is just twice as 

 wide at the toe, where the cover might well have been spared, 

 as it is at the heels, where protection was most desirable. 



Fig. 16. 



fig. 16 — a. The heel of an even tliickness with the rest of the shoe. 



h. The mark of the crust with the termination well defined, 



showing that the heel had been supported. 

 c. The seating carried through to the heel. 



ff. The seating less hollowed than in Fig. 15, and the web ol 

 equal width at the toe and heel. 



The shoe Fig. 15, I found on the foot of a horse which I 

 purchased for a friend about two years ago ; and it is worthy 

 of remark, that it was placed there by a smith who enjoys, 



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