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they cannot at all, or but very rarely, be reco- 



vered 



CHAP. XXIV. 



Of flat Feet j and fuch as have their Soles 

 round and high. 



THofeHorfes which have Flat-feet, if they be 

 young, their Feet will always fpread, and fo 

 be in danger of growing ill-fhaped, therefore they 

 fhould be fhoe'd after the manner following, to keep 

 them infenfibly from fpreading, efpecially if the 

 Horfe be worth you pains: Above all things, if 

 your Horfe hath fiat Feet, you mould bar the Pa- 

 ftern-Veins : This operation is good, but however 

 it is not abfolutely neceflary, unlefs your Horfe 

 hath his Soles round and high *, yet this is not to fay, 

 but that the doing of it contributes very much to 

 the amendment of Flat-feet ^ for to do it, you muft 

 know, that in the Pattern there are two Veins be- 

 low the Joint, the one upon the in fide, and the other 

 upon the out •, which Veins muft be barred, that fo 

 you may put a ftop to the fuperfluous Humour, 

 which falleth down upon the lower part of the Foot, 

 and caufeth the Sole to grow round and high ; and 

 alfo the Coffin-bone or little Foot, which is the 

 Bone in the middle of the Coffin, to pufh it felf 

 down, which, through Time, maketh the Foot be- 

 come round at the Sole ; the Veins in the Fore-legs 

 being flopped in four places, and the Wounds be- 

 ginning to heal up, which will be feven or eight 

 Days after you have barred the Veins, you muft do 

 what followeth. 



But firft, to bar the Paftern Veins right, you muft 

 only tye them near the Joint with a fine Thread, to 

 the end that you retard not their cure - 7 a little Silk 



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