Horse-shoes and horse-shoeing : their origin, history, uses, and abuses . fig- 152 fully imbedded several horse-shoes of the shape here de-lineated, and which have been most kindly drawn andengraved for me by that gentleman, as although theywere the most perfect specimens, they were vet too friableto travel safely for my inspection (fig. 151, 152). Penny Magazine. No. 166, p. 418 HORSE-SHOES AND HORSE-SHOEING. In all probability, on the eventful night on which thetreasure was lost, the waggon and horses conveying itwere also left to perish in the Dove. From the examination I have been a
Horse-shoes and horse-shoeing : their origin, history, uses, and abuses . fig- 152 fully imbedded several horse-shoes of the shape here de-lineated, and which have been most kindly drawn andengraved for me by that gentleman, as although theywere the most perfect specimens, they were vet too friableto travel safely for my inspection (fig. 151, 152). Penny Magazine. No. 166, p. 418 HORSE-SHOES AND HORSE-SHOEING. In all probability, on the eventful night on which thetreasure was lost, the waggon and horses conveying itwere also left to perish in the Dove. From the examination I have been able to make ofthe other shoes, it appears that the horses were specimen would, when perfect, have been about ^^inches wide, and 4^ long. It had a small raised (notrolled-over) calkin on one side; only three nail-holes werevisible on each branch, and the shoe altogether was verynarrow and light, as if it had been worn by a saddle-horse. The iron appeared to be fibrous and of excellentquality. Another half-shoe was a trifle smaller, had threeholes on each side,
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