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safely into Cornwall, and back to London. I should state, 

 tliat my fiiend informed me, that he passed a week in 

 Hampshii'e on his way back ; and that each day of that 

 week he joined a large party in long galloping rides over 

 the downs. The next case, I will mention, is that of a 

 gentleman in the North of Devon, who has long shod all 

 his horses with five nails. Having occasion to come to 

 Exeter, he took the opportunity of indulging his smith in 

 an oft-expressed wish to see, what I called good shoeing, 

 and rode up on horseback, in order that I might superintend 

 the shoeing of the horse ; and after considerable discussion 

 he consented to have it done with three nads, entertaining, 

 it must be confessed, very considerable doubts whether three 

 nails would hold on the shoes in the very bad roads, by 

 which he was surrounded. I take it, worse roads in every 

 respect are not to be met with in aU England ; bub he 

 was agreeably surprised to find, that liis horse carried his 

 shoes their full time quite safely. The smith was much 

 astonished at the result, but took a totally different view of 

 the matter from the one referred to in the former case ; 

 he begged to be permitted to try, if he could not so fit 

 his shoes to the feet, as to be enabled to keep them on 

 with three nails too ; his request was readily granted ; and 

 he succeeded so well, that he was allowed to continue to 

 shoe the same horse in the same manner ; and neither he, 

 nor his employer could see any reason for increasmg the 

 number of nads. 



In this smith we have a man imbued with the right 

 spirit : he had seen a horse, travelhng for a month over as 



