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and felt so satisfied with the result that he immediately had the 

 others similarly shod, and continues to do so ; and an officer in 

 the Prussian Hussars, who did me the honor to translate my 

 book upon the Horse's Foot into German, and published it at his 

 own expense at Frankfort-sur-Maine, writes me that his horses 

 also are shod with three nails only in each fore shoe, and that 

 he finds no difficulty whatever in keeping their shoes on. 



I think I may consider, that I have now proved beyond dis- 

 pute that a fore shoe can be kept on by three nails ; therefore, 

 he must be a sorry bungler indeed who cannot manage it with 

 J^ye." — Miles on Horse-Shoeing. 



