Part I. PerfeB Farrier. 3 5 



Cajxlet. 



You are firft to obferve the tip or point of the 

 Hock, if there be a Capelet upon it ^ which may be 

 known by the Tip of the Hock being moveable, and 

 more fwell'd than ordinary. When it is fmall,itdoes 

 no great prejudice, but if it mould grow large, it will 

 be painful, and make a Horfe lofe his Belly. 

 Veffigm* 



You are next to conlider if he have a Vefiigonl 

 which is a kind of Wind-gall or Swelling, about the 

 bignefs of half an Apple, lefs or more, compos'd of 

 a foft and fpongeous Flefh, growing between the 

 Flefh and Skin, and fituate in the Hollow next to the 

 Hock, and beneath the big Sinew, a little above the 

 Capelet, and bending of the Hamme, and which ap- 

 pears but very little, except when the Horfe is reft- 

 ing equally upon both his Hind-legs ; becaufe whea 

 he bendeth his Hamme it doth not appear at all, nei- 

 ther doth it often make a Horfe halt. It comes up- 

 on both fides the Hamme, and fometimes on one on- 

 ly, and is fituate a little above the Numb. 19, in the 

 Figure of the firft Plate. Thofe that are fituate 

 lower are not dangerous, and in young Horfes may, 

 be difcufifed by moderate Exercife. 

 Curb. 



There cometh upon the backfide of the Hamme; 

 below the Capelet, and a little inclining towards the 

 infide, a Swelling, which is called the Curb, which 

 makes the Horfe frequently to halt, and is incu- 

 rable. 



Upon the infideof the Hamme,a little diflant from 

 the Curb, about the fame height, there is a Bone 

 fomewhat high and elevate } and that part of the 

 Hamme which is below that Bone fwelleth by a de- 

 gorging of the great Vein, and is called a Varlffe, 

 which doth not make a Horfe to halt, but only 

 fometimes fpoils his Sale by growing exceffively 



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