THE HORSE^S MOUTH, 



SHOWING THE AGE 



BY 



THE TEETH. 



1. That the teeth of the horse denoted the age of 

 the animal appears to have been a very ancient belief, 

 which the experience of centuries seems in no degree 

 to have weakened. As a general rule, applied within 

 certain limitations, the impression is certainly well 

 founded ; for perhaps no development is more regular 

 than the teeth of the horse, and no natural process 

 so little exposed to the distortions of artifice. We 

 are, nevertheless, not to expect that the animal 

 carries about in its mouth a certificate of birth, 

 written in characters so deep or legible that they 



