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Into this groove is fitted a narrow and somewhat deep 
shoe, made, preferably, of a mixture of iron and steel, and 
forged in such a manner that its front or outer surface 
follows the outer slope of the wall. 
The Charlier should have the inner edge of its upper 
surface very slightly bevelled, in order to prevent any 
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Fic. 66.—Tue Spectra, DRAWING-KNIFE (FLEMING’S) FOR PREPARING 
THE Foot FOR THE CHARLIFR SHOE, 
pressure on the sensitive sole, and should be provided with 
from four to six nail-holes. These latter should be small 
in size and conical in shape. The nails themselves should 
be small, and have a conical head and neck, to fit into the 
nail-hole of the shoe. 
The modified Charlier, or Charlier tip, perhaps the 
better of the two for the purpose we are describing, is really 
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Fic. 67.—Foot PREPARED FOR THE CHARLIER SHOE. 
a shortened Charlier, and bears the same relation to the 
Charlier proper as the tip does to the ordinary shoe. It is 
let into the solar surface of the foot in exactly the same 
manner as its larger fellow, but it does not extend back- 
wards beyond the commencement of the quarters. By its 
use greater opportunity for expansion is given to the heels 
than is done by the Charlier with heels of full length. 
