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 mouth of a colt called Julius, (which was ridden by 

 Her Majesty) retaining the lateral milk incisors, 

 when but a few days were wanting for the comple- 

 tion of the fourth year. The teeth that should have 

 been shed, however, are evidently on the eve of 

 leaving the jaw, and therefore though an exception, 

 it is not so much so as to grossly mislead the judg- 

 ment beyond a few months. It is to be regretted 

 that the molars of this horse were not examined, and 

 to the tables of the incisors, as shown in the model, 

 I make no allusion, because these parts evidently 

 have not received the particular attention of the 

 artist, and consequently cannot be argued upon. The 

 same gentleman has also favoured me with the in- 

 spection of a model of the teeth of a horse known 

 to have wanted three months of the third year : 

 nevertheless the mouth is that of a colt which would 

 be pronounced to be " rising four." The lateral 

 incisors on both sides, and in both jaws are fully up, 

 and they possess tables, which, if correctly de- 

 picted, indicate that for some time they have been 

 in apposition. A lusus naturse of this sort is beyond 

 the pale of reason. Connected with it there is no 

 record of the development of the molars ; and on 



