Plate 1. 

 Represents tlie left or near fore foot of a pony five years 

 old, whidi was destroyed in consequence of an accident ; it 

 had been but a few times shod, and is a very good example, 

 of what may be called a perfect foot : T have drawn it of 

 the exact size of the original, and carefiUly preserved the 

 relative position of the various parts to each other. 

 Fig. 1 shows the ground surface of the hoof prepared for 

 receiving a shoe; and marks very distinctly the difference 

 between the curvature of the outer and inner quarters. 



a. The toe rasped away, to receive the turned up shoe. 

 a 1. The inner toe. 

 a 2. The outer toe. 

 h 1. The inner quarter. 

 h 2. The outer quarter. 

 c 1. The inner heel. 

 c. 2. The outer heel, 

 ddd. The sole. 



ee. The crust or wall of the hoof 

 ff The bars. 

 g g. The commissures. 

 hkl. The frog. 



(- h. The part immediately under the navicular joint. 

 -{ I: The oval cleft of the frog. 



U. The elevated boundary of the cleft. 

 i i. The bulbs of the heels. 



Fig. 2 shows the outer side of the same foot with a shoe 



attached : it also x^artially shows the interior of the hoof 



ivhich is more fully represented in Plate 10. 



a. The toe of the shoe tiu-ned up out of the line of wear. 



hh. The shoe represented of the same thickness from toe 



to heel. 



c. The clenches. 



d. The hollow for receiving the coronary substance, which 



secretes the horn. 



e. The thin horny plates, that line the wall of the hoof 



