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DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 
THE 8ANDAL. 
Mr. Percivall has invented a sandal which occupies a very small 
space in the pocket, can be buckled on the foot in less than two 
minutes, and will serve as a perfect substitute for the lost on?* on the 
road or in the field, or may be used by the race-horse when traveling 
from one course to another ; or may be truly serviceable in cases of dis- 
eased feet, that may require at the same time exercise and daily dress- 
ing. The above is a sketch of the horse sandal. 
From an inspection of the cut on the preceding page it will be seen 
that the iron of the sandal consists of three principal parts, to which the 
others are appendages — which are the tip, so called from its resemblance 
to the horse-shoe of that name; the middle bar, the broad part proceed- 
ing backward from the tip ; and the side bars, or branches of the mid- 
dle bar, extending to the heels of the hoof. The appendages are, the toe- 
clasp, the part projecting from the front of the tip, and which moves by a 
hinge upon the toe-clip, which toe-clasp is furnished with two iron loops. 
The heel-clips are two clips at the heels of the side bars which corre- 
spond to the toe-clip, the latter embracing the toe of the crust whilst the 
former embrace its heels. Through the heel-clips run the rings, which 
move and act like a hinge, and are double for the purpose of admitting 
both the straps. In the plate, the right ring only is represented ; the 
left being omitted, the better to show the heel-clip. The straps, which 
are composed of web, consist of a hoof-strap and a heel and coronet- 
strap. 
The hoof-strap is furnished with a buckle, whose office it is to bind 
the shoe to the hoof; for which purpose it is passed through the lower 
rings, and both loops of the shoe, and is made to encircle the hoof 
twice. 
The heel and coronet-strap are furnished with two pads and two slid- 
ing loops ; one, a movable pad, reposes on the heel, to defend that part 
from the pressure and friction of the strap ; the other, a pad attached 
