All These Are Necessary For
Shoeing A Single Horse, And When They Are All Procured, They Will
Answer For All The Horses Of The Neighborhood.
Thus it happens, that
though farmers do a great deal of their wood work themselves, at their
own farms,
In cold and stormy weather, they generally have their iron
work done at a blacksmith's at some central place, where it is easy
and convenient for all of them to go."
The above conversation took place between Marco and Forester, as they
were walking along together through the village, toward the part of
the town where the mills were situated. Just at this moment, Marco
happened to cast his eyes across the street a short distance before
them, and he saw a fire on the ground in a little yard. He asked
Forester what that fire could be. As soon as Forester saw the fire, he
exclaimed,
"Ah! they are putting a tire upon a wheel; that's quite fortunate;
we'll go across and see them."
So they left the path under the trees where they had been walking, and
went obliquely across the street toward the fire. Marco saw that
there was a large blacksmith's shop there. It was a very neat-looking
building, painted red. There was a large door in the front, and a very
low window, with a shutter hanging over it, by the side of the door.
In an open yard, by the side of the shop, was the fire. The fire was
in the form of a ring.
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