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it will of neceflky make it fhrink and ftraiten in the 

 Quarters, which will quite fpoil the Foot. 



The Third Rule is, To make ufe of m thin and fmall 

 Nails as pojfible, becaufe the Kails that are thick and 

 grofs make a large Hole, not only when they are 

 driving, but alfo when they are rivetting i For being 

 ftifr^ they fplit the Horn, and take jt away with 

 them. Neither can a tender Foot be mod with fuch, 

 big Nails, without hazard of pricking, efpecially if 

 there be but little Horn to take hold of: But Smiths, 

 to prevent this ? pierce their Shoes too near the edge, 

 which will in time ruine the Foot. 



The fourth Rule is, To make the lighteft Shoes you 

 can y according to the fize of your Horfe, becaufe 

 heavy Shoes fpoil the Back-finews, and weary the 

 Horfe *, and if he happens to over-reach, the Shoes 

 being heavy are more eafily pulPd off. Thofe who 

 think it frugality to fhoe with thick and heavy- 

 Shoes, and feldom, are deceived, for they lofe more 

 by it than they gain ; for thereby they not only 

 fpoil the Back-finews, but lofe more Shoes than i£ 

 they had been light. 



CHAP. XXII. 



How to p Are the Feet well, fit the Shoes 7 And 

 drive the Nails. 



DO not pare your Horfe's Feet almoft to the 

 Quick, as fome People do, who think there- 

 by to prevent the fo frequent Shoeing of their Hor- 

 fes. But if you know that your Horfe's Hoofs are 

 fmooth and tough, you may with the more confi« 

 dence pare his Soles reafonably near* 



The Foot thus pared, you mult fit a Shoe to Iti 

 which mult be neither too broad nor too narrow iri 

 the Web ? neither muft its Spunges extend any far- 



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