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Other four until the animal is practically a 

 couple of years old. 



Hence one has a ready means of clearing 

 away any doubt upon the point. 



At 2 years and 3 months or thereabouts, 

 3 years and 3 months, and 4 years and 3 

 months, there will be signs (though not, as 

 a rule, in horses bred in the North of Scot- 

 land) of casting of the centrals, laterals, and 

 corners respectively at the aforementioned 

 dates; at any rate, in the animal of 2^ 

 years, 3^ years, 4^ years, the centrals, 

 laterals, and corners will be half-way up, 

 leaving spaces between the opposing teeth, 

 when viewed with the mouth closed. 



Three months later the centrals have 

 grown in length, so that their edges now 

 meet. 



The same statement applies to the laterals 



