304 HORSE-SHOES AND HORSE-SHOEING. 



have been found others which are distinguished by 

 a singular form, and which we may designate hippo- 

 sandals or " hippopodes pathologiques." The base of these 

 shoes is oval in shape, and in some there is an opening in 

 the middle. On each side, and near the front part, there 

 is a clip {reboj-cl) furnished with a round ear, and another 

 rebord at the heel is terminated by a hook turned towards 

 the ground. These shoes {fers) were attached by means 

 of straps, which passed through the two ears and under 

 the hook behind. It appears that it was made use of 

 when the hoof was diseased or worn by journeying, par- 

 ticularly in mountainous countries. Such at least is the 

 opinion of distinguished veterinary surgeons who have 

 examined these shoes.' M. Namur then quotes the evi- 

 dence of Fischer, who alludes to the writer in the ' United 

 Service Gazette ' we have already noticed, in saying : 

 ' These shoes present much resemblance with the ancient 

 shoes of Lycia,' &c.: showing how error is perpetuated 

 and spread. We have no evidence to prove that horse- 

 shoes were ever worn in Lycia ; the resemblance of the 

 Triquetra on a Lycian coin, to a shoe, was merely the 

 fancy of a writer full of surmises and conjectures. 



Namur continues : ' The use of shoes and straps {fers 

 a courroies) is evidently much anterior to that of the 

 nailed shoes.' Then reference is made to the new dis- 

 covery. 'The excavations at Dalheim in 1854-5 have 

 furnished two additional specimens. One, with clips, 

 differs from those I have described, in that there is no 

 hook behind. There is only a rebord pierced with two 

 holes, in which are two oxidized nails with flat heads (fig. 

 115). The other specimen differs most essentially from 



