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they want any of their Shoes, or if thofe which 

 they have, do not reft upon their Soles } and pick 

 and clear them of the Earth and Gravel which may 

 be got betwixt their Shoes and Soles. 



If you water them abroad, fo foon as they return 

 from the River, caufe their Feet to be flopped with 

 Cow-dung, which will eafe the Pain in their Feet : 

 And if it be in the Evening, let the Cow-dung re- 

 main in their Feet all Night, to keep them foft and 

 in good condition. 



But if your Horfe have brittle Feet, it will be 

 necefTary to anoint his Fore-feet at the on-fetting of 

 the Hoofs with Butter, Oil, or Hog's greafe before 

 you water him in the Morning ; and in dry Wea- 

 ther they fhould be greafed alfo at Noon. 



So foon as you give your Horfe Oats it is good to 

 leave him alone ; for a vigorous Horfe, fo long as 

 there is any Perfon behind him, will not fail to 

 look about him, and fo lofe many of his Oats, 

 which at that time fall from his Mouth. If he eat 

 his Oats too greedily, fpread them in the Manger, 

 that he may neither eat them in fuch hade, nor 

 fwallow them unehewed. 



Many Horfes aflbon as unbridled, inftead of eat- 

 ing lay themfelves down to reft, becaufe of the 

 great Pain they have in their Feet, fo that a Man is 

 apt to think them fick • but if he look to their Eyes, 

 he will fee they are lively and good *, and if he offer 

 Meat to them as they are lying, they will eat it very 

 willingly : yet if he handle their Feet he will find 

 them extremely hot, which will difcover to him 

 that it is in that part they fuffer. You mult there- 

 fore obferve if their Shoes do not reft upon their 

 Soles j which is fomewhat difficult to be certainly 

 known without unfhoing them : But if you take off 

 their Shoes, then look to the infides of them, and 

 you may perceive that thofe Parts which reft upon 

 • the Soles are more fmooth and mining than any 



other. 



