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hy Solleyfell, or any other that wiil fufficiently prefs out the 

 Quarters ; after which anoint his Hoofs with the foftening 

 Remedies prefcrib'd in the preceeding Chapter, and let him 

 ftand fome Days in his own Dung. But if the Binding and 

 Preiliire of th« Hoof cannot bereliev'd tiiereby,Recou!iemuft 

 be had to an Operation : And if the Hoof be bound all round 

 the Cronetj firft give the Fire, making feveral Rafes from 

 tv.e Griftle of the Cronet to the Shoe, piercing the Hoof a- 

 bout the Thicknefs of a Crown-piece, repeating the fame 

 Operation on the other fide of the Heel; for the Fire fof- 

 tens the Hoof, and makes it ftretch ; after wh'ch, keep the 

 Foot conllantly mollify'd and foften'd, as already dire*5ted. 

 But in the mofl obftinate Cafes it will be neceilhry to take 

 out the Soal, which our above- mention'd Author obferves 

 to be the befl: and fpeedieft Remedy,i and whofe Method is 

 likewife the moft reafonable ; which is, after the Soal is re- 

 moved, to cleave the Frufli with a Fleam, and fix a Splent 

 cf Iron to the Part, placing it fo that it may open the Heels, 

 and keep them an Inch or two wider than they were before. 

 This is plain to Senle, becaufe the intermediate Subftance 

 that fills up the Cleft will keep them conftantly wide enough 

 for the time to come, if Care be taken in their Shoeing, b'r, 



CHAP. XCV. 



Of a Falfe ^tarter, 



A Falfe Quarter is a Reft or Chink in the Quarter of the 

 "^ Hoof, from Top to Bottom ; it happens generally on 

 the Infide, that being the weakeft and the thinnell, and 

 proceeds from the Drynefs of the Hoof, but efpecially when 

 a Horfe is ridden in dry, iandy, or ftony Ground, in hot 

 Waiher, or in frofty Weather, when the Ways are flinty 

 and hard. It is likewife caufed by bad Shoeing, and all the 

 other Accidents whereby a Horfe becomes hoof-bound ; for 

 the Narrownefs of the Heels, and Biittlenefs of the Qi,!ar- 

 ters, continually expofe a Horfe to all the faid Accidents. 



This Accident is both dangerous and painful, for as oft- 

 en as a Horfe fets his Foot on the Ground* the Chink wi- 

 dens ; and when he lifts it up, the fnarp Edges of the di- 

 vided Hoof wound the tender Flefh that covers the Coffin- 

 Bone, which is, for the moft Part, follow'J with Blood, 

 and it muft of Courfe be apt to render a Horfs lame, as it is 

 very diflicult to form a Rc-unicn. 



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