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therthan the Heel, (the Spunge is that part of the 

 Shoe next to the Heel) but muft follow the exact 

 compafs of the Foot, juft to the corners of the 

 Frulh, and they muft not appear much upon the 

 outfides of the Hoofs at the Heels neither \ as thofe 

 Smiths who pretend to be very underftanding, would 

 make us believe, by faying, that it preferveth and 

 fupporteth the Heel : But the middle of the Spunge 

 muft be placed juft upon the middle of the end of 

 the Quarter, which touches the corner of the Frufh, 

 and is called the Heel, and which it is to be fup- 

 pofed you have not pared \ for as I told you, the 

 Heels muft never be pared. Now the middle of the 

 Spunges being placed upon the extremities of the 

 Quarters, which form the Heel, and touch almoft 

 the Frufh, muft not reach any further, and then 

 your Horfe will be fhod both for hisowneafe, and 

 the benefit of his Foot •, for he will never become 

 Hoof-bound, neither will he over-reach, bv reafon 

 of the Spunges of his Fore- feet, Shoes being fet equal 

 with his Heels, and not fuffer'd to exceed them. 



Thofe who make the Spunges of their Horfe's 

 Shoe too long, not only fatigue and weary them, 

 and make them over-reach, but alfo ruin and fpoil 

 their Feet, and are the occafion of their becoming 

 Hoof-bound : Thofe again that are too ihort, make 

 a Horfe go lefs at his eafe -, but your Horfe's Shoes 

 will never be too fhort, if they follow the whole 

 compafs of his Feet, to the ends or corners of their 

 Frufhes and no further. 



The Shoe mould not prefs upon the Sole at all, 

 but fhould reft equally and exactly round the whole 

 Foot upon the Horn, which is about the thicknefs 

 of a fmall Finger's breadth, taking notice, that if 

 the Shoe, upon the outer edge of that fide next the 

 Horfe's Foot, have any riling or unevennefs in it, 

 and that if you beat it not down, and make it level 

 with the reft before it be fet on, it will reft upon 



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