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The peculiarities of this age, as denoted by the corner 

 teeth not closing, should be remarked. It is not 

 altogether unimportant to observe this circumstance, 

 as animals are esteemed suitable for particular 

 uses, only after the fifth year has been completed, 

 and certainly all are less liable to disease when 

 the mouth has been perfected. The distinction, 

 therefore, is of some moment; and the better to 

 enforce it, the reader will remember, that not until 

 the accomplishment of the fifth year do the tables of 

 the corner teeth begin to show : even at that time, 

 however, they are very imperfect. 



47. At Jive years old there is a full mouth of 

 horse incisors, all the edges of which fairly meet. 

 The coloured engraving — which has been amply 

 proved, by comparing it with the mouths of horses 

 of various breed, among which those of blood have 

 not been forgotten, since it was last tested by the 

 aspect presented by the teeth of the well-known 

 horse, The Baron, — will instruct the reader in the 

 altered character which the mouth now assumes. 

 It looks more huge, and far more powerful than 

 it did at the fourth year. The teeth fairly close. 



