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Dentition as indicative of the Age 



tusks are mucli smallei* and more pointed than the permanent 

 teeth which replace them, and the pre-molars are not represented 

 by temporary teeth, but are permanent from the first. 



It may be observed that no difficulty is found by the experts 

 in distinguishing the permanent incisors from the temporary 



Fig. o\.— Teeth of P'vj at birth. 



organs, especially when both orders are in the mouth together. 

 The distinction is not, however, so marked as to secure the 

 tyro from risk of error. 



At birth (Fig. 51),thepig has two sharp-pointed teeth laterally 



Fig. 52. — Incisors and 3lolars of Pig at one month. 



B. Molars. 



placed in each jaw, top and bottom," leaving an open space in 

 the front of the mouth (Fig. 51). The teeth much resemble small 

 tusks ; they are really the temporary tusk and corner incisors. 

 No other teeth are in the mouth at the time of birth ; but the 



