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can construct an instrument with the deg-rees marked on so 

 that it will be easy to ascertain exactly the angle of any 

 foot. 



RESULTS OF USING POOR NAILS. 



Fig-.' 50 shows a foot with the shoe attached, a portion of 

 which has been cut away for the purpose of illustrating 



Fig. 49.— Correct Angle of the Foot. 



how a poor nail may work serious and sometimes fatal 

 injur3\ A, shows the coffin-bone; B, the sensitive sole; and 

 Cy indicates where the nail split, and a portion of it pene- 

 trated through the sensitive sole and nearly through the 

 point of the coffin-bone. The moral of course to be drawn 

 from this is that no horse-shoer should ever be tempted to 



