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ftill the worfe. But this may be remedied by me- 

 thodical Shooing when the Horfe is young. 



CHAP. VIII. 



How to know a Horfe* s Feet. 



TH E Foot being a part of the Body which dif- 

 fers mod : If a Horfe have but one bad Foot, 

 he is fit for nothing but the Plow, or fuch Countries 

 which are free of Stones. 



A Man mufl: know Horfes very well to be able 

 to judge exactly of fome forts of Feet. For fome 

 will appear to be weak which are really good, and 

 the little Horn they have is tough, folid, and capa- 

 ble to ferve : Others again appear good, which are 

 pained for being too fat and full of Flefh : The 

 fureft way then is to take them of a good fhape, 

 and if they prove good, they may be eafily kept fo ; 

 or if bad, may be recovered by the right method of 

 Shooing. 



Let us begin with the Hoof, which fhould be of a 

 form very near round, and not longifh, efpecially 

 toward the Heel, for long Feet are worth nothing : 

 The Horn fhould be tough and folid, high, fmooth, 

 of a dark colour, and without any Circles. Brittle 

 Hoofs may be known by many pieces being broken 

 from the Horn around his Foot. A Man may alfo 

 know a bad Hoof by lifting up the Foot, and con- 

 fidering if it have a Shoe forged exprefly for it, 

 and if it be pierced extraordinarily, and the holes of 

 it placed in fuch parts where it is not ufual, feeing 

 he had not Horn enough to take hold by in thoie 

 parts where commonly the Nails are driven. So Kails 

 are never driven near to the Heels of the Fore-feet, 

 but when the Toe is fo much fplit and broke that 

 they can place none in it. 



If 



