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Answer. If the horfe goes uneafy, or is 

 lamed, it cannot happen from the fhoeing, 

 however fhort the fhoe may be ; if it be not 

 from the different accidents that often proceed 

 from the common methods of fhoeing, and 

 which may as well happen in the new way : 

 which are i . The foot being too much ftraiten- 

 ed ; 2. Accidental pricks: 3. The fhoe nails 

 may bind the enchannelled flefh too much. 4. 

 The fhoe may bear too much upon the fole. 

 5. When the fhoe heels prefs upon the weak 

 heels of the horfe. 6. When the fole is burnt. 

 7. Wounds of the flefhy fole made by the 

 buttrefs. 



In my way of fhoeing I avoid four of thefe 

 accidents. 1. The heel is never drained, be- 

 caufe I put no part of the fhoe upon it : 2. I 

 prefer ve the fole intire, to which I never ufe 

 the buttrefs. 3. The flefhy fole can never be 

 burnt, nor wounded by the buttrefs, fince it 

 never is touched with it. Let the three other 

 accidents abovementioned be taken care of, and 

 I defy them to lame a horfe that has a good 

 foot, let the fhoe be never fo fhort. 



Objection IX. 



It is faid that the horfe is liable to lofe his 

 fhoes, becaufe they are fet on with only fmall 

 nails. 



Answer. It is mod certain that a fhort 



fhoe 



