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Cut No. 13 shows the lower jaw of the horse aged eight years, 

 in which the teeth have all become equally worn, and in the 

 corner teeth alone is to be found any trace of the cup. The 



No. 13. 

 Inside view of a horse at eight years. 

 lower jaw will be smooth at this time except the corner teeth, 

 which will show a small cup. 



No. 14. 



The above cut shows the lower jaw of a nine-year-old horse, 

 where all the teeth have become smooth. 



This is the general rule— but there are exceptions ; at least 



there are shell-teeth, or holes in the teeth, that would tend to 



deceive the beginner, and if we had no other marks to go by^ 



except the cups, we would find it a difficult task to determine the 



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