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Figure 25. — The Tables at Eight. 



At seven the yellowish line of the dentine that has filled up, 

 the pulp cavity shows quite plainly in the center teeth and may 

 show in the intermediates. The mark is gone from the center 

 teeth and faint in the intermediates; it shows quite plainly in 

 the corners. The tables are much more rounded in outline. The 

 exterior aspect of the teeth is quite changed; they are much 

 longer and their angle of meeting is more acute. The hook is 

 now plainly visible, except in those mouths where the posterior 

 corners of the corner teeth meet exactly, and it is the presence of 

 this hook, together with the presence of the mark in the cor- 

 ner teeth, that makes the seven-year-old mouth fairly easy to 

 interpret. 



Dishonest dealers frequently rasp off the hook to make the 

 horse appear younger than he is. 



