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CHAPTER VI. 



On the Practice of Slweuig. 



XTAVING given, in the preceding chapter, a 

 concise description of the horse's foot, and 

 pointed out the uses of the various parts which 

 compose it, I shall now describe tlie method 

 of shoeing. It will be necessary to premise, 

 that the mode of shoeing most commonly 

 practised has a destructive tendency, and 

 produces such a variety of diseases, that we 

 seldom meet with a foot that has not lost, in 

 a greater or less degree, its original shape : it 

 must be obvious, therefore, that one kind of 

 shoe cannot with propriety be recommended 

 for general application, and that it is necessary 

 on all occasions to adapt it carefully to the 

 state of the foot. This constitutes the most 

 difficult part of the art of siiueing; and from 

 neglecting this precaution, siioes of the best 

 form have often occasioned lameness. 



In Fig. 1, Plate I, is represented a colt'i* 



