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thofe who are ignorant, very ftrait and narrow at 

 the Heels, becaufe they follow the fhape of the Foot, 

 and therefore feem ridiculous to thofe who know 

 not the good of them. 



The reafon why the ufe of thefe kind of Shoes 

 openeth the Heels, and helpeth Hoof-binding, is, 

 that when the Heel groweth, it is forced outwards, 

 by the Shoe, becaufe the Spunge which is thicker a 

 great deal in the inner edge than in the outer, hin- 

 dereth the Heel to clofe and tend that way, and 

 upon the contrary forceth it outwards, fo that ei- 

 ther the Hoof mu ft not grow, or of neceffity the 

 Heels mult enlarge and open, if the Shoes be right 

 placed. 



You mult continue the (hoeing of him after this 

 faihion, until his Heels be well-fhaped and large, 

 which will be infallibly after mice or thrice fhoe- 

 ing •, do it at the Change, or about the fourth or fifth 

 Day of the new Moon : The ufe of thefe Shoes is 

 admirable, in that they never fhift upon the Feet, 

 but remain firm in one place, being kept fixed by 

 the thicknefs of the inner edges of the Spunges. 



A Horfe fhod after this fafhion, is many times 

 unferviceable for a little Time, which muft be allow- 

 ed him, toftrengthen his Feet, amongft his moift- 

 en'd Dung. 



People muft net think to travel with thefe kind of 

 Shoes, at the beginning when a Horfe is fhod with 

 them, and before he be accuftomed to them -, for 

 feeing they prefs the Foot, they would make him 

 halt: But they may take the Air upon a Hoife fhod 

 after this fafhion, make him ride in the Manage, or 

 do any other moderate Exercife, provided it be up- 

 on foft Ground : and after the Horfe hath been a 

 little accuftomed with thefe Shoes, he will not halt 

 with them, altho' you travel him. 



If you have a Journey to make with a Horfe 

 that is Hoof bound, but doth not as yet halt with it, 



you 



