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c or otherwife keep them amongft his moiften'd 

 1 Dung.' 



It's true, this is to keep the Horfe a long time 

 without having any Service of him, but oftentimes 

 for not taking that care of him, and giving him that 

 reft, he becometh altogether unferviceable, as I 

 have feen a great many, for not taking notice of 

 them in Time: There are fome which have fuch 

 kind of Feet that will yet befomewhat ferviceable, 

 but according as they need help, People take more 

 or lefs care of them. 



The firft fhoeing of Coach-Horfes is of Confe- 

 quence : So that you are then but to make the Horn 

 level where the Shoe refteth, and not to take any 

 Thing from the Sole, but as it were to clean and 

 whiten it, becaufe it hath been already made too 

 hollow v flioe him juft, and pierce your Shoe a 

 pretty diftance from the edge, but you muft drivel 

 your Nails low } for if you fhould pierce your Shoe 

 near the edge, the Nails would, in driving, fplit the 

 Horn, which hath been already too much weaken'd 

 by the Horfe- Merchant, who had no other defiga 

 but to make his Horfe's Feet appear hollow : You 

 muft then pierce your Shoe a pretty diftance from 

 the edge, fo that the Nails may not eafily fplit the 

 Horn *, but for fear of pricking your Horfe, you are 

 to drive them fomewhat lower than ordinary, and 

 drive a Nail juft at the Toe, to the end that the Shoe 

 may ftay longer on without fhifting its place, and 

 may remain ftraight upon his Foot : You are not aC 

 all to retrench his Quarters nor open his Heels, but 

 let the Shoe follow the compafs of the Horfe's Foot, 

 and by this means you fhall preferve his Feet, and 

 they will be always good. 



Thofe Smiths who think to give eafe to their 

 Horfes, by enlarging their Shoes, "or vaulting them 

 a little, infenfibly fpoil their Feet, becaufe they foU 

 low the form of the Shoe, and fo become mifhap'd % 



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