Plates XXXIV., XXXV. f. 1 give better ideas of the horse and his
equipments than the longest and most detailed description. The reader
will therefore examine them in succession. We have here only to add
those circumstances as to the equipment of the horse, which could not
be communicated by that otherwise briefer and more impressive method.
The shoes of a horse have much to do with his, and consequently with
his rider’s, comfort. It is therefore important to know that he is
properly shod. To effect this, the shoe should be fitted to the foot,
and not the foot to the shoe.
[Illustration: _Plate XXXIV_
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