86 The Compkat Horfeman : or, 



ing driven and cut over, before that you rivet them 

 take the Cutting-knife again, and cut away the 

 fmall pieces of Horn which the Nails have made to 

 rife in driving, to the end that the Rivets may be 

 equal with the Horn \ for befides that it makes the 

 Foot to appear handfomer, the Nails alfo faften bet- 

 ter, fo that the Horfe can never cut himfelf with 

 the Rivets, which will often happen if you obferve 

 not this Method. 



As the Shoe vveareth, the Nails by degrees fink 

 into it, fo that the Rivets loofen and appear more 

 above the Hoof, and if care be not taken to cut 

 them as they rife, they will lame the Horfe. 



CHAP. XXIII. 



Of low Heels ^ tender Feet, and other kinds of had 

 and imferfecl Feet. 



WHen you are paring a Horfe's Feet which 

 hath low Heels, you muft only pare the 

 Toe without touching in the leaft the Heel, and alfo 

 it is good not to touch the Frnfh, unlefs it be begin* 

 nirig to corrupt, and then you muft pare it flat •, you 

 muft alfo cut the Toe with the Cutting-knife or Rafp 

 only, and not with the Butteris. 



People make only ufe of the Butteris, for to give 

 the Shoe a feat after they have cut the Toe with the 

 •Cutting- knife •, for Example, the breadth of one's 

 Finger or Thumb, if the Foot be too long at the 

 Toe; in which cafe, you muft alfo pierce the Shoe 

 near the edge at the Toe, for fear of pricking, and 

 fo placing the Shoe after that faftiion, you will force 

 the too great nonrifhment which went to the Toe, 

 to ftrengthen the Heels, and in twice or thrice 

 Shoeing, the Foot will come to take a good fhape 

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