Part I. PerfeSt Farrier. 5P 



of Warts touching one another, and are without 

 Hair : They, for the moft part, fend forth Matter, 

 but may be dried up'for a Seafon. 



Figs. 



There come fometimes in the Soles a mattering 

 kind of Warts, or rather Figs upon the Frufh, and 

 are in a manner detached from it, and appear di- 

 ftin&ly upon the middle of the Frufh towards the 

 Heel, and commonly exceed the ordinary height 

 of the Frufh. And fometimes they grow upon the 

 fides of the Frufh, and beneath the Sole of the Foot ; 

 and when they are confiderably raifed above the 

 Frufh, fo that they touch the Ground as the Horle 

 is riding, they then caufe him to halt. 



A Man may know when a Horfe hath been cured 

 of Figs, becaule that Foot will be larger than the 

 reft, altho' the Horfe be well recover'd and render 

 good Service. 



KiVd Heels. 



Traverfe-Mules or Kib'd Heels^ are Chops and Clefts 

 which fnrround the back parts of the Pattern- joints 

 where they ply and bend. This is more painful 

 than the preceding, becaufe thefe Chinks, as a Horle 

 is riding, fhut and open, which makes them very 

 painful. This Infirmity fhould not hinder a Man 

 from buying a Horfe, if the Legs be not gorged and 

 fwelled, becaufe they may be dried up, tho' with 

 fome difficulty, by reafon of the motion made by 

 the Pattern joint. 



Waters. 



The Hind-legs are fubjccl to a white, fli3rp, and 

 corrupt Humour or Waters, which come very rarely 

 in the Fore-legs, and are known by fearching the 

 Patterns, if you find a Moiftnefs beneath the Hair, 

 which is extremely ftinking, and groweth all round 

 the Pattern and Pattern-joint, and fometimes al molt 

 up to the very Hamme. They many times caufe the 

 Patterns to fwell, keep the Legs [tiff, make the Horfe 

 D 4 leai^ 



