all parts of its circumference. To amend this position, farriers have formerly made the inner branch of the fhoe exceffive thick, and even raised it upon cramps; which must always have very ill consequences, particularly as the horfe interferes with the heel, and the mifchief is done with the foot lifted up; whence it follows, that the forced ftraight position on the ground, is at laft of no confequence to the

main end.

When the horse is pigeon-toed, that is, turns his toes inwards, the mode of fhoeing usually adopted, is just the reverse of the above. After all, if any good can poffibly be done in these cafes, it must be from leaving nothing on the inner fide, with which a horse can strike himself; but with this view, an injudicious operator frequently reduces the hoof till it is irrecoverably weakened, the horse has an uneven pofition upon the ground, and still interferes. For HAMMER AND PINCHERS, or over-reaching, fhort fore-fhoes, and a reduction of the toes of the hinder-feet, is the method directed; after which, and fuppofing the horse can go with his quarters exposed, he will most probably still ftrike his fore-heels with what you have left of his hinder toes.

I have never seen, or indeed at all confidered the form of the ox's fhoe, fo am unable to judge of the propriety of the following methods given by Saint Bel. The ox is either fhod with

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with a flat plate of iron, having fix or seven nail-holes on the outer edge, accompanied with

projection of four or five inches of iron at the toe, which paffing the cleft of the foot, is bent over the hoof; or with eight fhoes, one under each nail; otherwife with four, one under each external nail; or only two, one under the external nail of each fore-foot.

INDEX.

A.

ALLEN, farrier, account of his book, page 28.
Authors, French, on the fubject, 39.

Arabia, an original breeding country, 86. 161.
Animals, diffections of, alive, 129. 133.
Admiral, a certain, anecdote of, 144.

Anecdote, repofitory, 180. Running-stable do.
181. Of two fellows with a managed horse,
335. Of a farmer, 359,

Art, equestrian, 226. 246. True feat on horse-
back, 250. 253, 254. 260. 263. 265, 266.
268.

Archer, the fastest trotter, 95. Foolishly killed,
235.

Authorities, medical, against the received the-

ory of obstructed perspiration, 291.

Agriculture,

>

Agriculture, Annals of, 302. Warmly recom-
mended to all farmers, 322.

Affes, a few words upon, by defire, 329.

B

Breeding, not included in this Treatise, 4. The
Author's future intentions on that head, 5.
Buffalo, American, queftion concerning, 323.
Blundville, Thomas, our earliest writer upon
horses, account of, 6. His patterns, and
opinion of bits, 8. 247. 254. 369.
Baret, Michael, author of the Hipponomie, or
Vineyard of Horsemanship, 17. An advo-
cate for the humane treatment of horses, 19.
Supposes horfes involved in the guilt of ori-
ginal fin, 21. 221. 247. 255. 270.

Bracken, Dr. account of his works, 29. Say-
ing of, 193. 200. 210, 211. 223. 293.
Bartlet, veterinary writer, 32. 208. 221.
Berenger, writer on horfemanship, 34.
Blank, the father of trotters, 234.
Bishop's brown mare, 235.

Bel, Saint Charles Vial de, veterinary writer
and profeffor, 42. 199. 223. Anecdote of,

252. 347. Anecdote of one of his work-

men, 358.
Belgium, an original breeding country, 86.
Booth, anecdote of, 96.

Blood, use and abuse of, 98. Its figns, 165.
Quantity neceffary, 167. Its pre-eminence
in the field, 225. Its ufe in cart-horses, 299.
Beasts, Rights of, 117. Specified, 120. Ought
to be acknowledged by the State, 123.
Butchers, Manchester, cruel anecdote of, 124.
Boy, anecdote of, 137.

Boarding-fchool houfe-keeper, anecdote of, 141.
Bunbury, Henry Efq. the firft of English ca-
ricature painters, 246.

Backfides, fore, 261.

Byfield Adoniram, his ditty, 292.

Bakewell, of Dishley, the greatest improver of
English live stock, died November 1795,
38.297. 330.

Brewery, use of draft-oxen in the, g28.

C.

Clarke, farrier for Scotland to Geo. III. a va-
luable writer on shoeing, &c. 34. 363. 368.

Compilers characterized, 36.

Culley,