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HORSE-SHOES AND HORSE-SHOEING. 



who has found iron solece which exactly fitted the foot 



of an ox, and even one 

 that covered only one 

 claw (figs. 128, 129) ; 

 but it is none the less 

 certain that some of the 

 sokce could be applied 

 to the feet of mules.' 



Specimens of the 

 third model are not 

 apparently so numer- 

 ous. In addition to 

 the one represented as 

 found at Dalheim, an 

 example is given of a 

 still more peculiar arti- 

 cle of this class found 

 fig. 129 at Abbaye Wood, Can- 



ton St Saens, France, in 1 861 ; the Abbe Cochet designates 

 it a ' hippo-sandal.'' It is remarkable for the two stud-like 

 processes fixed to its lower surface, and for the slight 



inclination to- 

 wards the front of 

 its united branches, 

 one of which has 

 been partially de- 

 stroyed by oxida- 

 tion (fig. 130). 



Another good 

 specimen of the 



130 



' La Seine Inferieure, Hist, et Archaeol. Paris, 1864. 



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