HORSE-SHOES 



AND 



HORSE-SHOEING 



THEIR ORIGIN, 

 HISTORY, USES, AND ABUSES. 



BY 



GEORGE FLEMING, F.R.G.S., F.A.S.L., 



MEMBER OF COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS ; VETERINARY 



SURGEON, ROYAL ENGINEERS ; 

 AUTHOR OF 'travels ON HORSEBACK IN MANTCHU TARTARY,' ETC. 



WITH 2IO ILLUSTRATIONS. 



LONDON : 

 CHAPMAN AND HALL, 



193, PICCADILLY. 



1869. 

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