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 Rh. All kinds of diseases of the foot and leg would be found to arise from it; hence that door is closed, except on an emergency, and for a very short time. The Charlier tip is better than this device.

The unshod hunter that is stabled on a bare floor, and that goes to cover and returns at night over hard roads, will have a perfect hoof and foot, and would fear nothing that he could ever encounter in the rest of his day’s work; and then, he could hunt another day a week.

Instructions are repeatedly being asked for as to how to make and apply the Charlier shoe. Mr. W.H. Stevens, M.R.C.V.S., of 9, Park Lane, W., sends, post free, for sixpence, a pamphlet, wherein the whole thing is elucidated. This pamphlet is well illustrated, and should make details clear to the most obtuse. If shoes are required, or the necessary drawing-knife (which is the only extra tool required), Mr. Stevens also supplies them, as will be seen on perusal of the pamphlet. Messrs. Arnold & Sons, 36, West Smithfield, also supply the knife. When ordering shoes, a tracing of one fore and one hind foot should be sent. It is not likely that ‘tips’ are kept, but the latest information gives the valuable and significant fact that the ‘full’ shoe is no longer made, but only a ‘short’ shoe (a three-quarter one, in fact) which stops a good bit short of the bars. This is worth knowing. Those who wish for ‘tips’ can easily get on after knowing this much, without any further hints on the subject.