106 STABLE MANAGEMENT. 



SHOEING. 



Shoeing {nal hmidie). 



Shoeing is a subject on which a volume might 

 be written of itself, far beyond the scope of this 

 little work, and for further information on the 

 art I would refer the reader to the treatises by 

 Dr. riemming and W. Hunting, Esq. ; but as both 

 these deal with European practice, I will only 

 mention a few differences in the art as performed by 

 the native smith, or "nal bund." In most large 

 military stations where there are European troops, 

 permission can generally be obtained to have horses 

 shod at the regimental forge, but in out-of-the-way 

 places the native artist has to be employed. All 

 horses require shoeing at least once a month, and 

 some oftener, as with some the horn grows quicker 

 than others, and the hoof requires to be shortened 

 oftener. In these cases, if the shoe is not worn 

 out at the toe, it can be replaced after the foot is 

 shortened ; this is what the English smith calls " a 



