i 1 8 The Compleat Horfeman : or, 



CHAP. XXX. 



How to (hoe Horfes which have been foundered 

 in the Feet. 



TiHere are few Horfes that have been oftner 

 J foundred in the Body than once, which have 

 not fome of the Humour, which occafionM the 

 Foundring, fallen down in their Feet, which will 

 disfigure them, becaufe the Point, or that part of the 

 Coffin-bone or Little- foot which is mo ft advanced, 

 falleth down and prefTeth the Sole : And the middle 

 of the Hoof above the Toe fhrinks in and becomes 

 flat, becaufe of the hollownefs beneath it, occafion'd 

 by the falling down of the end of the Coffin-bone. 

 And when the Bone of the Little- foot hath fallen 

 down, after this manner, and prefTeth the Sole out- 

 wards, the Horfe is then faid to have Crefcents •, al- 

 tho' thofe Crefcents be really the Bone of the Little- 

 foot, which hath left its place and fallen downwards, 

 and the under-part of the Foot, to wit the Sole at 

 the Toe, appears round, and the Hoof above fhrinks 

 In. Neither can it be otherwife, for the Coffin-bone 

 or Little-foot being, as I faid,fallen down, and leav- 

 ing that place, wherein it is ftayed* em jky, the Hoof 

 at that place not being fupported by any Thing, 

 mufl: of neceffity ftirink or fall in. 



The fame happens to Horfes which have had a 

 great Numbnefs in the Coffin } theCaufe of which 

 is almoft the fame as Foundring in the Feet, and the 

 Symptoms the fame, viz.. Crefcents *, and fuch Horfes 

 tread only upon their Heels, fetting down their Toe 

 a pretty while after their Heel ; neither can they 

 reft upon any part of their Feet but the Heel. 



Now, where the Foundring hath fallen down to 

 the Feet 3 or that there be a Numbnefs in the Cof- 

 fin^ 



