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be found underneath ; and as to the rags, leave them alone 

 also, and they will fall off of themselves. 



A weak, flat foot will bare very little paring or rasping ; the 

 crust of such a foot is sure to be thin at the toe, low at the 

 heels, and the sole thin and weak ; therefore, the less you do to 

 it the better, beyond getting rid of the little dead horn there 

 may be, and making the crust level where it is to bear upon the 

 shoe ; this must be done to all feet, and, as the inner quarter, 

 where there should be no nails, does not wear away as fast as 

 the outer quarter, where the nails are driven, you should al- 

 ways place a rasp upon its edge across the foot, to be quite sure 

 that the two sides are level. I have known shoes lost from the 

 inside quarter being higher than the outside, and causing the 

 foot to bear unevenly on the shoe. 



Before you pare out a foot, you should always think of the 

 state of the roads ; and if they are dry, and covered with loose 

 stones, or have been lately repaired, you should take very little 

 off the sole of an^ foot, because, if you thin it, the stones will 

 bruise it ; but when the season is wet, and the stones worn in, 

 you may pare out the sole of a strong foot until it will yield to 

 hard pressure from your thumbs ; but you must never pare it 

 thin enough to yield to light pressure. 



Figure 1. The annexed cut 



shows a good-shap- 

 ed near fore foot, 

 pared out ready for 

 shoeing. I have 

 introduced letters 

 against the differ- 

 ent parts. The toe 

 ^ reaches from A to 

 A, the letter B 

 shows the middle 

 of each quarter, 

 and C marks the 

 heels. You will 

 observe that the 

 crust is thicker on 

 the outer quarter, 



