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and if by chance any part breaks, it is very ca- 

 fy to repair it. It niay afked, If the plough be 

 fo fimple, why fo high a price ? I anfwer : The 

 obtaining a patent is attended with great ex- 

 pence ; and a man ought to be allowed fome 

 r^compence for his ingenuity. 



N° VIII. 



How to cure Corns in Horjes' Feet^ 



I OBSERVE thajt I have neglecfted to give 

 dire6tions how to cure horfes afflided with 

 corns. The reader, then, will be pleafed to 

 take notice, that it is done by keeping the 

 feet moid, and fhoeing them in fuch a manner 

 that the jfhoe may not prefs on the part affedl- 

 ed ; for corns are caufed by a bruife, and be- 

 come worfe and worfe from repetitions of the 

 fame caufe. The moifter the feet are kept^ 

 the better •, as a horfe's hoof grows lb very 

 quickly as to confine the bruifed part, and 



caufe 



