Cursory account of the various methods of shoeing horses ... with incidental observations.

  • Moorcroft, William, 1767-1825.
Date:
1800
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Cursory account of the various methods of shoeing horses ... with incidental observations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    The Author's Cafe, and Motives of Pub* lication. I SHOULD conceive myfelf ungrateful to Providence and cruel to my fellow-creatures, too many of whom are ruptured, if, after twenty-fix years mifery, I did not publifii the caufes of my prefent happinefs. Ill health, procraftination, &c. has produced fome delay. I thought that a plain recital of my cafe and habits would elucidate my new fyftem. In every part of this publica- tion, the reader will recoiled:, all the Obfer- vations are founded on fads within my own cafe, or the cafes of others of my acquaint- ance ; and I believe it will appear, that almoft all my Obfervations are new, and ne- ceflary to be known by the ruptured. B I have