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 had actually grown. The tushes, however, now in 

 almost every case, may be felt under the membrane 

 through which they are ultimately to protrude, and 

 can most readily be felt in the upper jaw. Never- 

 theless, the tushes of the lower jaw always make 

 their appearance first, because the membrane covering 

 these is less loose, and therefore more easily pene- 

 trated ; and also because the lower jaw being the 

 active agent of mastication, as well as the resting 

 place for the bit, it is naturally subjected to greater 

 wear, thereby assisting the egress of the tushes. In 

 the upper jaw they are often concealed by the loose 

 membrane long after they are fully developed. The 

 tushes, at this age, however, are no guides. The 

 three year old colt, for general purposes, is easily re- 

 cognized, when the lips only are separated. 



43. At three years off, the lateral milk teeth are 

 shed, and the permanent teeth are coming up. The 

 coloured engraving, the original of which is also the 

 property of the Jockey Club, for whom it was exe- 

 cuted, was made from the mouth of a bay gelding, by 

 Almack, out of a mare by Rubens, Jun., belonging 

 to — Goring, Esq. The state of the mouth therein 



