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edges of the other two are much reduced. Between 

 two and three years of age the colt sheds the two 

 centre nippers, and these are replaced by the permanent 

 teeth. 



THREE YEARS OLD. 



At three years old the colt, havmg shed the two 

 centre milk nippers, has now two permanent teeth. 



These will not be at their full growth till the colt is 

 nearly four years old. The "wiarA;," therefore, is fresh, 

 deep, and black, but in the remaining milk teeth it is 

 obliterated. The gums show the near approach of the 

 lateral teeth, and the tusks now mark their exact 

 position. 



