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and to form an exa6l fine frog, in fhort fuch an 

 one as, we fay in France, is neatly put out of 

 hand, it is abfolutely neceifary to fet Ihoes on 

 them. 



I therefore warn all lovers of horfemanfhip to 

 fecure their horfes, as much as may be, from 

 the perfedlion of fuch work. Perhaps it may 

 be afked what becomes of the horny fole if it 

 be not pared ? they may be afraid of its be- 

 coming too large by its growing ; not at all, for 

 in proportion as it grows, it dries, fcales, and 

 falls off in flakes. 



Again if the horny fole be left intire, there 

 would be no fearof thofe inflammations, arifing 

 from the dangerous compreffions mentioned in 

 this treatife. For by its conne6lion, thicknefs, 

 and flexibility, as well as its contexture, it 

 would feem to be wholly deftined, by nature,^ 

 to ferve as a cufnion to the flefhy fole and ten- 

 don which refl upon it, in order to break the 

 violent iliocks of a pavement, ftone, or any 

 kind of iiiump, &c. 



There is a fa6l which we mufl alfo be convinc-» 

 of, and that is, that a horfe very feldom goes 

 eafy, or efcapes being foon jaded, if the trog 

 does not bear upon the ground ; and as it is the 

 only point of fupport to the tendon; if you keep 

 it at any diflance from the ground by paring it 

 away, an inordinate diflenfion will happen to 

 the tendon, caufed by the prelTure of the corona^ 

 fy-bone upon the nut-bone (as we have faid 



already) 



