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measuring the foot. Now tliis is a hard job for me 

 and the liorse. She has got to stand on one foot. It 

 must be done. Get two nails in, and let the foot down. 

 Back goes the foot, and the leg with it. Of course 

 now she can stand better. The strain is off the back 

 tendons, Now lean set the other shoe easier., Down 

 goes the foot back of straight. Finish this job off quite 

 easy. Now I feel better, and the horse too. It mat- 

 ters not what this animal is called, horse or mare. It 

 is a mare. It is principle I am working on. 



I must tell you how the nails are in this shoe ; two 

 are in the toe, six in all. None back of the widest 

 part of the foot. No corks on this shoe. That suits 

 me. My golly! her head and neck have gone up. 

 Look here ! that hollow is all gone in her breast, and she 

 sticks out right pliimp and full. It is getting late. It 

 It is not so cold as it was. I have removed the cause 

 and cured " chest founder." The heart is not affected, 

 as I have been told. She is eating hay; that's a big 

 thing. It will be daylight soon. I must hurry up. I 

 want some warm, soft water. We will have to go to 

 the liouse, build a fire, and warm some water. Get 

 t'iat whisky, castile soap, and sponge, and back to 

 the barn again. These scabs must all come off clean 

 and lean all over. 



It is a good time, while I think of it, to say that I 

 never use a currycomb. A stiff brush is all I want, 

 brushing always the way the hair lies. Wash off ma- 

 nure. 



I must rub the mare dry, and wash her all over with 

 whiskey with a sponge, and rub dry three or four 



