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SOME OBSERVATIONS ON SHOEING. 
4. The small foot (pied petit) ( Feet exhibiting an opposite 
5. Pied encastele ) Varieties of the \ character to the first three, 
6. Pied a talons serves J contracted foot. v. an< f in different states. 
7. The narrow foot—or one running to toe {pied etroit). 
8. The ringy foot—the hoof growing in circles or rings {pied 
cercle). 
9. The foot with high heels and concave sole {pied creux et d 
talons hauts). 
10. The foot with low heels {pied d talons has). 
11. The foot with weak heels {pied d talons foibles). 
12. The foot with a large frog {pied d fourchette grasse). 
13. The foot with a small diminutive frog {pied d fourchette 
maigre). 
14. The fleshy foot {pied mou et gras par quelques uns). 
15. The foot with a thin crust and weak quarters {pied foible). 
16*. The foot with a brittle or broken crust {pied dirobe). 
17. A foot somewhat curved upwards at the toe {pied rampin). 
18. A foot with the toe turned inwards {pied cagneux). 
L9. A foot with the toe turned outwards {piedpanard). 
20. {Pied de t ravers), a crooked foot, having one quarter curled 
inwards. 
21. {Piedbot ), a club foot— a diseased state in which the coffin- 
bone has sunk from its relative situation in the horny 
box, the sequela of inflammation of the laminae. 
u A good and well-formed foot, the Professor observes, should 
be of a size and character proportioned to the rest of the body. 
The horn should at once be pliant and hard without being 
brittle. The surface of the hoof smooth, rather shining, and of 
a fibrous appearance, but free from wrinkles or depressions. The 
heels, sufficiently apart from each other, should also be of a 
certain height. The sole should present a slight hollow or con- 
cave surface, inclined towards the centre, so that the lower edge 
of the crust, or wall of the foot, may be upon a level with the 
base of the frog. And thus the point of contact can only take 
place upon those parts which form the circumference of the 
ground surface of the hoof. A horse, continues M. Girard, with 
such feet, and well made in other respects, will go with confidence 
upon all kinds of roads ; will work and live equally well in wet 
or dry situations; will be easy to shoe; and his shoes, if well 
attached, will remain on firm until they are entirely worn out.” 
To which I may add, that a horse with such feet will perhaps 
go equally well in any kind of shoe ; that is to say, as long as his 
feet remain in this state. But it is still a question, which, of 
all the modes of shoeing hitherto proposed, may be the best 
means of preserving the feet in this perfect state. For this dc- 
