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HORSE-SHOES AND HORSE-SHOEING. 



fig- 125 



Cluny, France,- ex- 

 hibits one as a hip- 

 posandal, and is here 

 shown in profile and 

 upper surface (figs. 

 124. 125) ; and a simi- 

 lar one, found at Scrupt 

 in 1846, is also delin- 

 eated (fig. 126). This, 

 M. de Widrange as- 

 sured the Abbe Cochet, 

 had been reported by 

 the workman who 



fig. 126 



found it, as yet attached to the limb of the animal by means 

 of straps that had been first passed round the pastern, then 

 through the eyelet in front, and buckled underneath the 

 hook behind. The Abbe, however, receives this inform- 

 ation with suspicion, and I think in this he is justified/ 



' ' Je le declare franchementj j'ai quelque peine a, accepter cette as- 

 sertion, toute positive qu'elle parait. La raison principale, c'est que M. 

 de Widranges n'a pas vu lui-meme le fait qu'il racoate ; qu'il le tient 



