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nnd are very white, on account of the friction 

 they receive from the stronger part of the lips. 

 Other teeth appear, at different times, until 

 there are six above and six below. At tlie age 

 of from two years to two and a half, or some- 

 times three years, the four that first came out 

 are cast; in the place of these spring up four 

 others, much stronger and larger, which, as it 

 is with these the horse cuts his grass, and helps 

 himself to food, are called nippers or gatherers. 

 Some people denominate them the middle 

 teeth, from being in the centre. From three 

 and a half to four years old, two others are 

 shed, viz. one on each side of the two nippers 

 above and below; and in their stead spring up 

 four others, which are called separaters, from 

 their being placed between the nippers and 

 corner teeth. There remain now only the four 

 last foal teeth, which are the corner ones. At 

 four and a half he casts these also; but gene- 

 rally before they appear the tusks begin to 

 spring up, and at first are very small. The 

 corner teeth in the upper shew themselves be- 

 fore the corner ones in the under jaw ; and, on 

 the contrary, the under tusks appear fi^rst. The 

 corner teeth appear quite out of the gums 



