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'78 The Compleat Horfeman : or, 



other. You are therefore to pare their Feetinthofe 

 Parts, and fix on the Shoes again,, anointing the 

 Hoofs, and flopping the Soles" with fcalding-hot 

 black Pitch, or Tar. 



Horfes which have tender Feet, commonly lie 

 down to reft as foon as unbridled, becaufe of the 

 great Pain in their Feet. By tender Feet, I mean 

 fuch as have low Heels, or whofe Feet have but 

 little thicknefs betwixt the Sole and the Hoof, in 

 that part of the Foot, which is about two Fingers 

 breadth or lefs, above the Toe or Fore- part of it , 

 all thofe which have too little Feet, or which have 

 cloven Quarters, or are Hoof- bound, or have their 

 Hoofs circled •, and laft of all, thofe which have 

 fiat Feet. 



You fhould alfo look on your Horfe's Dung ; if it 

 be too thin, it may be a fign, that either the Water 

 which he drank was too cold and piercing, or that 

 he drank too greedily of it. If there be amongft his 

 Dung whole Grains of Oats, either he hath not 

 chewed them well, or hatha Weaknefs in his Sto- 

 mach. And if his Dung be black, dry, or come 

 away in very fmall and hard pieces, it is a token that 

 he is over- heated in his Body. 



Laftly *, before yGu leave him, fee that he be fo 

 tied as that he may lie down with eafe, and that his 

 Halter be neither too long nor too (hort. 



CHAP. XIX 



Directions for frejerving Horfes after a journey. 



WHen you are arrived from a Journey, mime* 

 diately draw the two Heel- nails of the Fore- 

 feet, and if it be a large Shoe, then four. And two 

 or three Days after you may blood him in the Neck, 

 and feed him for ten or twelve Days with wet 



Bran 



