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 notice, although, if too absolutely relied upon, it 

 may occasionally mislead. Tartar, not generally 

 found in any quantity upon the other teeth in the 

 horse, accumulates around the tush, and in very old 

 animals almost conceals it. This excessive deposit 

 I have rarely observed in horses of moderate age. 



32. The wolfs teeth or eye teeth aid us in judging 

 of the age; though we are bound to state of these 

 that they can be received only as presumptive evi- 

 dence. The wolf's teeth have not been before alluded 

 to, because they are not concerned in mastication, and 

 are no more than the representatives of those organs 

 which form the continuous chain in the mouths of 

 some other animals. These teeth appear to be of no 

 use to the horse. They are little nodules of tooth- 

 like structure, having minute fangs, which are in- 

 serted immediately anterior to the first molars of the 

 upper, being rarely seen in the lower jaw, and when 

 present there, always being even yet more diminu- 

 tive. These wolf's teeth are generally shed with the 

 first temporary molars, and therefore if they can be 

 seen, it may be assumed that the permanent molars 

 have not began to appear. The assumption, how- 



