CONTENTS. IX. 



PAGE 



Case of a horse, which used to work in nine nails and 



two chps, hunted with six nails and one clip - 14 



Description of the hunting shoe - - - - 15 



Case of ploughing with five nails - - - „ 



Case of hunting mth five nails - - - - 16 



Case of horses working in the Falmouth mail with 



five nails - - - - - ■ » 



A horse shod in leather with four nails - - - 17 



Five other horses shod with four nails - - - „ 



Shoes, each weighing twenty-two ounces and a half, 



retained for five weeks by four nails - - „ 



Case of ploughing with four nails - - - „ 



Leaders of the Falmouth mail shod with four nails - 18 



Four horses shod with only three nails - - - „ 



Gutta Percha preferable to leather - - - ,, 



Two cases of horses performing long journeys with three 



nails - - - - - - -19 



Reasons which have deterred Veterinary Surgeons and 



others from experimenting upon few nails - - 23 



The great value of one-sided nailing to hunters - 2.5 



A detailed description of the process of shoeing, com- 



mencmg at page - - - - - 26 



The causes of shoes being "cast" considered - - 37 



