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fhoe with fmall nails, will hold on better than 

 a long fhoe with large nails ; that it has lefs 

 weight ; that the lever is fhorter, which has yet 

 lefs weight of the fhoe, and by confequence it 

 flrains the clinches the lefs ; and does not di- 

 vide the hoof like a large nail. Moreover I 

 refer to the experiment. As to thofe who are 

 no friends to the new method of fhoeing, let 

 them only clinch the nails in a carelefs manner, 

 and the horfe will caft his fhoes, as they 

 pleafe. 



Objection X. 



It is faid that the horfes that are not mod 

 with cramps are mofl fubje<5t to flip. 



Answer. I can affirm that the more dry 

 and more fmooth the pavement, and the more 

 the frog or horfes heel bears upon the ground, 

 the horfe will be the more fecure -, and he will 

 flip much lefs than if he had cramps ; even tho' 

 he goes down very fteep places, or backs 

 ftrongly. What is mofl: certain is, that the 

 Itû fhoe a horfe wears the lefs he flips, becaufe 

 if it were poffible he could do v/ithout any, he 

 would not at all be liable to flipping. 



I do not, however, engage that the fhoeing 

 I propofe would have the fame effect upon a 

 moid or greafy pavement, or that the horfes will 

 hold on them fo fecurely, efpecially on the hind 

 feet -, I think indeed that large nails would in 

 fuch places be of ufe -, which might alfo happen 

 upon a flippery foil. 



I have 



