2< I The Jockles cMafter-ftect. 



and bigger then the other. The third year the next changed 

 are fo, that no Foals Teeth remain before,except two of eacfi 

 fide above, and two below .The fourth year he changes the 

 Teeth next to them, leaving but one Foals Tooth on ♦each 

 fide, above and below. At five year all his fore Teeth will 

 be changed, and then he has his Tufhes on either fide com- 

 pleat, and the Foals Tooth which he cafteth, whenasthofe 

 that come in their places will be hollow, and the Marks ap- 

 pear thereon, which are little black Specks in the middle, 

 and thofe continue till the eighth year- At fix years old his 

 new Tufhes come up at the bottom, of which grow little 

 rifing Circles of young Flefli, the Tufhes being little, Iharp 

 and white. The feventh year all the Horfes Teeth will be 

 Gompleat. The Mark plainly appearing. The eighth yearthe 

 Teeth will be full, plain, and the Mark hardly to bedifcern- 

 ed, then will the Tufhes turn yellowifh, and at nine years 

 old will the foreraoil Teeth appear longer, yellower,^ and 

 fouler then before, and the Tuflies much blunter. The 

 tenth year the holes in the innep fide of his Tufhes will be 

 filled up, and the Temples of his Head begin to be crook- 

 ed and hollow .The eleventh year his Teeth will be extraordi- 

 nary long and yellow, inclining fomewhat to blackifh foul 

 and uneven ftanding,diredly oppofite one againft the other. 

 At twelve his Teeth will be long,yellow and black,his upper 

 Teeth over-reaching and hanging over his nether. The 

 ' * thirteenth year his Tufhes will be Woven clofe, if he ufed to 

 Travel, or otherwife will be black and fomewhat long^ his 

 Teeth now failing you, for after thirteen years you can 

 give thereby but GonjeduralGuefl^es,you.muft apply your felf 

 to thefe following obfervations. 

 Eiof. If the Hoof be rugged, rumpled as it were in Seams, dry 



and brittle, it is afign of old Age. 

 J, .^^ - If raifing his Skin it fall not prefently, but ftand on a heap^ 

 'tisfignof Age. 



If you feel his Tail near the fettingon, and find a Knot 

 tuil. t\[^t on the joynt about the bignefs of a Hazel-Nut, the 

 Horfe is under ten years of Age. 



If his Eyes be round and ftairing, the Pits full, then is he 

 H;«. young, but if the contrary, old. 



