EX'PLANATIONS OF THE PLATES. 



Plate 1, Fig. 1, A perfect Hoof in a state of 

 Nature. — a the Sole, bb the Bars, c the 

 part on wliich the Heel of the Shoe is to 

 bear, and where the Shoe is to terminate — 

 d the Heels and Quarters of the Hoof— 

 e the seat of Corns — 3/^ the Frog. 



Fig. 3, A sound Hoof properh' shoed. 



Plate 2, Fig. 1, A Hoof prepared in the com- 

 mon ^Vcly, in which tlie Frog has been 

 deprived of it's hard surface, the Bars 

 removed, a great part of the Sole cut 

 awa}'. — a the Froj^, b the Sole. 



Fig.2,A hoof contracted in the highest degree. 



Plate 3, Fig. 1, The Concave Shoe for Feet, 

 where the Soles are flat or convex. 



Fig. 2, The Bar- Shoe, for tender Frogs. 



P^ig. 3. The Shoe for a sound Foot. 



Plate 4, Fig. 1, A side view of the sound Hoof, 

 with a scalcj shewing the proper degree 

 of oblic][uity, to be 45 degrees of elevation. 

 — a the Quarter, h the Heel, d the Toe. 



Fig. 2, Side view of the Convex or Pumice 

 Foot, in which the Hoof has lost it's 

 natural form, and approaches 5 degrees 

 toward the horizontal line. 



Fig. 3, A Hoof approaching too nearly the 

 perpendicular. 



Plate 5, A front view of the Internal or Sen- 

 sible Foot. — aa the sesamoid Bones, h the 

 laminated substance, c the Coronary Iling. 



