Convinced, therefore, beyond the shadow of doubt, (as every reader may by another reference to No. 1,) that the _wall_ of the HOOF holds forth its _own proof_, that the shoe should be continued home to the extreme _point_ of the _heel_, or that it requires _no shoe at all_; and this alternative being first understood, and then acceded to, by every comprehension, it will be equally clear, that as much as _art_ falls _short_ in the support which NATURE requires, proportional must the injury be, by the inevitable _indentation_; invariably productive of bruises, and tenderness upon the _edge_ of the _sole_, thereby laying the foundation of preternatural stricture, _corns_, _callosities_, and other _ills_, which would be more perfectly understood by an examination of any such subject, after a shoe _one_ _third too short_ had been eight or ten days in constant wear. By way of concluding observations upon the PLATE, and its purpose, it becomes only necessary to remark, that the letter C is the hoof of a large saddle or carriage horse, well covered for the _pavement_ of the METROPOLIS, or travelling upon the turnpike-road. That the letter B is a perfect model of good shoeing for HUNTER or HACKNEY, provided the heel of the shoe was continued to Fig. 4, instead of terminating at 3. That Fig. 8 is called the _web_ of the SHOE, which is, in fact, no more than the whole breadth of the iron, and may be widened, or narrowed, entirely by the _judgment_ of the SMITH, or the discretion of the OWNER. That Fig. 9 is the cavity called the _groove_, or fullering, to receive the heads of the nails, above which (in SHOEING of EXCELLENCE, and superiority) they should never constitute a prominence; and that the letter D is no more than a back view of the short shoe, for some time so powerfully recommended, which has already most deservedly fallen into disrepute. Having considered it necessary to introduce such minute references as will sufficiently demonstrate the difference between _good_ shoeing and _bad_, it remains only to add a single deficiency of SHOEING SMITHS in general, who, from _indolence_, _inattention_, or _inability_, entirely lose sight of, or never form at all, the proper line of distinction between the bearing of Fig. 5 for the crust (or _wall_) Fig. 1; and the protection afforded the _outer sole_, Fig. 2, by the internal concave example in Fig. 6. Considering this remissness in the operator, and shoeing too _short_ at the _heels_, to constitute the prevalent and principal errors requiring rectification, it is anxiously to be hoped, that those whose minds are open to conviction, will contribute their assistance to inculcate the necessity of adopting one invariable standard as a leading step to general reformation.