Part I. PerfeSt Farrier. 8^ 



the Horn, and certainly fpoil the Hoof ^ for that 

 raifed edge being higher than^ the reft of the Shoe, 

 there will no other part of it reft upon his Hoof 

 but it, which will certainly fpoil it. The Horn 

 round the Foot is at moft no thicker than a fmall 

 Finger's breadth, which is alfo generally thethick- 

 nefs of the reft of the Hoof. 



If the Shoe refted upon any other part of the Foot 

 but the Horn, it would make the Horfe to halt, 

 and then you would be neceflitated immediately to 

 take off his Shoe, as it will often fall out when the 

 Shoe refts upon the Sole, efpecially if the Sole be 

 thin and weak \ but if the Sole be thick and ftrong, 

 although the Shoe reft upon fome part of it, yet 

 will not the Horfe halt, as you may remark in 

 Shoeing with the Panton-fhoes hereafter defcrhVd, 

 which Shoes reft aimoft always upon the Sole, or 

 upon the corners of the Frum \ and which being 

 thick and ftrong, is the reafon that the Horfe but- 

 very feldom halteth with them. 



Having thus fitted the Shoe, you fhall drive two 

 Nails in it, and then let his Foot go to the Ground, 

 to fee if the Shoe be right placed, then you fhall 

 drive the reft of the Nails equally, and not the one 

 higher than the other (which is call'd Driving mufi- 

 cally) obferving neverthelefs, that the Nails of the 

 Heels of the Fore-feet be low enough driven, for 

 fear of meeting the Quick, which in the Hinder- 

 feet is jnft contrary,for there the Heels are ftrongeft; 



The Nails being driven, and cut over with the 

 Pincers or Nippers, before that you rivet them you 

 inuft take the Cutting-knife, which is a piece of 

 Steel about half a Foot long, having the one edge 

 fharp, and the other about the thicknefs of two 

 Crowns, with which you mult cut the Horn that 

 over-pafTes the Shoe, by ftriking with the Hammer 

 upon the back of the Cutting-knife, until you have 

 taken away all the Horn you deiire. The Nails be- 

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