196 THE DOMESTIC HORSE. 



and gallops about in exceeding wonderment, and 

 with marked signs of pleasure. 



The foal at birth is usually already furnished 

 with the first and second molars cut through the 

 gum, and in little more than a week shows the 

 two middle nippers or incisor teeth in both jaws, 

 and after five weeks more the two next and also a 

 third grinder : about the eighth month the third 



pair of incisors above and below are cut, and then 

 the front of the mouth is full. The enamel on 

 these teeth is hard and thick, forming forward a 

 swelling above the edge which remains sharp, and 

 within or behind the edge the surface is depressed 

 and becomes dark, which constitutes the mark or 



