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If Mr. Rod way will not believe our report of his shoe, let him 
listen to what others say. In this very number of our Journal 
happens to be a letter from Mr. Raddall, V.S., Plymouth ; 
and what does it affirm ? Why, that, “ after having given the 
Rodway shoes a fair trial — having used them in his (Mr. Rad- 
dall’s) forge for the space of from four to five months — during 
which time he put on a great number of the patent shoes, many 
on horses of his own, ridden by himself, as well as on coach- 
horses, hunters, cart-horses, and ponies — he is compelled to say, 
that not one of the presumed benefits which were held out so san- 
guinely by Mr. Rodway became verified in practice; but he has 
found that those very evils which the patentee so speciously pro- 
fesses to obviate by the use of his shoes , have been incurred by 
those even of his own manufacture .” Have our opinions been 
more condemnatory than this? Does not Mr. Raddall confirm 
our statements when he finds the shoes “ insecure upon the 
feet” — and “the nails frequently breaking in the neck”? &c. 
Mr. Rodway boasts of having in his possession testimonials 
“ upwards of two hundred ” in number, and some coming from 
veterinary surgeons : perhaps he would kindly favour us with 
a few of the latter description. Should it, after all, turn out 
that we can be shewn to be in error, we promise him we are 
neither too proud nor too bigotted in our own opinions to retract. 
In the meantime we bid him adieu, with the full assurance that 
he for the future shall, at our hands, in his own acerbity of 
expression, “receive the contempt he merits.” 
Editors. 
ON THE DOG-CART BILL. 
A few years ago the streets of the metropolis and its neigh- 
bourhood were somewhat too frequently occupied by small carts 
containing various articles for sale, and drawn by dogs. Occa- 
sionally these exhibitions were much too numerous, and almost 
assumed the character of a nuisance. These animals were com- 
paratively harmless ; little or no mischief was effected, but the 
owners were sometimes uncivil, if not abusive. 
The writer of this article then lived in one of the suburbs of 
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