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HORSE-SHOES AND HORSE-SHOEING.
holes, two of which are occupied by the remains of nails.
The only peculiarity I can discern between this and the shoes of a much later age, is the curious attempt at a calkin, which is here formed by the iron having been drawn to a point and bent forward on the ground face of the shoe. This specimen is extremely clumsy and heavy, and quite unlike the light, and we might almost say elegant, shoe hitherto found.
Figures 95 and 96 are similar to 92.
It is impossible to account for the presence of these unusual specimens with Roman remains. Mr Roach
