Ill 



which is almost black. The upper tush is usually 

 much diminished, while the lower is long, especially 

 in stallions kept for service. The teeth project more 

 outward and begin to arrange themselves more in a 

 line, no longer showing the crescentic order which 

 they assumed at five years old. Also, by the twelfth 

 year, the tongue, when the jaws are closed, protrudes 

 from the open space between the incisors and molars. 

 The degree in which these alterations have taken 

 place, together with the protrusion of the incisors, is 

 all that is present to guide the judgment ; and prac- 

 tical experience is needed, to give him, who attempts 

 to decide upon such weak evidence, any chance of 

 success. As in cases of this description every 

 thing that can help the judgment is eagerly seized 

 upon, the general appearance of the animal is 

 always to be considered ; and that may warn the 

 practitioner to modify his opinion. The lower jaw 

 is sharp, the cheeks flat, and around the tushes there 

 may be an accumulation of tartar. It is true the 

 tables, consequent on the wear of the teeth, will have 

 undergone some change, but that alteration is now 

 so slightly marked as not to enforce itself upon the 

 observation. It is easily overlooked, and by no 



