Domestic Animals 8$ 



"Horse," cried a chorus of voices. 



"Yes, indeed! Isn't he one of our best friends? 

 Just think how fond I must be of Dandy, who brings 

 me to school so many mornings, and often saves me 

 the long walk home at night. 



"Now let us look at our picture again and see 

 what else he needs. He could see better could he 

 not? with an eye on this side (putting one in), 

 and he needs a tuft of hair to come over his fore- 

 head so. We will put in his mane, arrange his 

 tail a little, and there! Does he not look very 

 well? 



"I have just time to tell you a little about his 

 teeth. You know a cow has no teeth in the front 

 of her upper jaw, but a horse has. He has six teeth 

 on each jaw, that are sharp at the edges so that he 

 can cut off the grass that he eats. Then there are 

 a pair of pointed teeth on each side of these, and 

 then a gap without any teeth at all. Back of this 

 gap are some broad, flat teeth with which the horse 

 chews his food as you do yours. Now, what do you 

 suppose that gap is for ? See if you can find out, 

 and notice all the horses that you see going home, 

 so that to-morrow you can tell me about a horse's 



