420 



A TREATISE ON HORSE-BREEDING. 



points on their surfaces and are not nearly level with the 

 other teeth. One or two of the most projecting points of the 

 sixth molar show the effects of attrition, but these teeth at 

 the age of three years and a half have their posterior points 

 close to the angle of the jaw and still covered with the gum. 

 At four years old the fourth and sixth molars are level, or 



FIG. 15. INCISORS OF HORSE (PEEP-O'-DAY BOY) AT EIGHT YEARS- 



nearly level, with the other teeth. Between the commence- 

 ment and completion of the fourth year the remaining eight 

 molars are cut, two on each side of both jaws. 



[Figs. 13 and 17, of molar teeth, could not be arranged in 

 their due course.] 



On comparing the tables of the teeth with those of the 

 mare Solace (Fig. 14) at the age of ten years, it will be seen 



