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has been authenticated. It would be a task of super- 

 errogation to allude further to a fact which is so well 

 known and thoroughly established. 



40. At eighteen months, the incisors show some 

 wear, the infundibula look as if they would soon be 

 obliterated ; indeed some of them may be lost. At 

 or about this time also four more permanent molars, 

 one on each side of either jaw, being the fifth in 

 situation, protrude into the mouth, 



41 . At two years old, there is a full mouth of milk 

 incisors, all of which show considerable wear. The 

 coloured engraving of the two-year old mouth, will 

 convey an accurate idea of the features which it 

 presents at that age. The original drawing was made 

 for the Jockey Club in anticipation of the celebrated 

 Running Rein trial. Accepted by such authority, it 

 perhaps hardly requires further proof of its correct- 

 ness, but it has since been repeatedly tested. On the 

 last occasion it was compared with the mouth of a 

 chesnut filly, by Calmuck out of Miss Greatrex, and 

 was found to agree with the indication therein pre- 

 sented. At two years, the infundibula are lost in the 



