i oS The Compleat Horfentan : or y 



foyou will find that betwixt AB and EF, the Shoe 

 will Hope outwards, alfo the other Branch CD, 

 GH, will do the fame} and the reft of the Shoe, 

 FEGH, will be altogether flat upon the Ground as 

 an ordinary Shoe ; for I here reprefent to you the 

 inner fide of the Shoe, becaufe the under fide of the 

 fime Shoe, FEGH, muft reft upon the Ground, the 

 whole compafs of the Shoe, FEGH : Now in vault- 

 ed Shoes the Spunges are turned quite contrary, 

 for in them they are turned outwards towards the 

 Ground, whereas in thefe they are turned into the 

 Foot; 



The Shoes for Hoof-binding, before- mentioned, 

 have the inner-edge of the Spunges a good deal 

 thicker than the outer, whereas thefe have both the 

 edges of equal thicknefs } but the dexterity is to 

 turn the Spunges, fo as to give them a right Hope, 

 and to make the Shoe hollow or vaulted next the 

 Ground. 



To fet on and fit the Half-Panton-ftoe^ you muft, 

 when you pare the Foot, keep the Sole ftrong at the 

 Heels, and fo fit the Shoe, that the middle of the 

 Heel, which maketh the extremity of the Quarters, 

 may be fet juft upon the Spunges, FB, DH ; always 

 taking care that the inner edges of the faid Spunges 

 reft not wholly upon the Soles, but although they 

 reft a little upon them it matters not j then drive 

 your Nails neatly, and fee that they be very thin in 

 the fhank. 



When the Shoe is put on to remain, that is to fay, 

 when it is nailed and rivetted, you muft pour into 

 his Foot Tallow and Pitch molten together, with 

 Hurds and Splinters of Wood above them, to keep 

 all faft; and if you have the Oil of Bays, it will 

 be very proper to put it alone fcalding hot into 

 his Foot, with Hurds and Splinters about it to keep 

 it in, for it is fuch as we fhould have to penetrate, 

 foften and ftrengthen the Sole, which People have a, 



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