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CHAPTER XIII. 



* ABERLOPvXA's '. SECOND LETTER IN" * FARM JOTTRXAL ' — HIS 

 SECOND HORSE SHOD WITH TIPS — PrTTIXG ON TIPS — HIS 

 EXPERIEXCE IX SOUTH AMERICA OF THE EXIJBERA:jfCE OF 

 GROWTH OF HORN AND ITS TOUGHNESS, IN UNSHOD HORSES 

 — SHOD HORSES GO LAME OVER GOOD ROADS, WHILST THE 

 UNSHOD ONES GO SOUND OYER THOSE OF THE VERY WORST 

 DESCRIPTION — IGNORANCE OF PEOPLE IN ENGLAND OF THE 

 NATURE OF A HORSE's FOOT — ' THE LANCET ' ON THE IN- 

 DEFENSIBILITY, IN A PHYSIOLOGICAL LIGHT, OF THE USE 

 OF HORSESHOES — SUCCESS OF TWO GENTLEMEN IN WORKING 

 UNSHOD HORSES IN ENGLAND — NEWSPAPER COMPLAINTS 

 ABOUT THE SLIPPING OF HORSES, AND STOPPAGE OF TRAFFIC 

 ON LUDGATE HILL — THE FALSE LIGHT IN WHICH SLIPPING 

 IS LOOKED AT. 



The second letter of ' Aberlorna ' is most interest- 

 ing.^ This gentleman is evidently thinking things 

 out for himself faster than these chapters can carry 

 him. In the common interest it may be well to go 

 over his letter somewhat in detail. His successful, 

 although rather severe, trial must * set a good many 

 people thinking,' especially when they see that 

 within the fortnight he has been so encouraged by 

 the result obtained that he has subjected another 

 horse to similar treatment, only using this time a 

 three-quarter shoe, with the intention of reducing 



* See Appendix C. 



