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cessation of growth, which went on at the natural 

 rate; therefore, though the tables had a very youth- 

 ful look, the teeth were, nevertheless, unusually long, 

 and gave to the mouth a decided appearance of age. 

 Their colour, and the removal of almost every vestage 

 of the crusta petrosa, together with the general 

 appearance of the horse, was sufficient to awaken 

 those suspicions which would warn the practitioner. 

 The excentricities, however, which particular parts 

 can exhibit, will teach the student, that a conclusion 

 should only be drawn from observation and com- 

 parison of all the various signs which the teeth 

 present. No sign can be singly relied on; but, by 

 weighing the evidence, and placing the contradictory 

 indications in opposition, something approaching to 

 truth may, even in extreme age, be deduced ; though 

 such deductions, for obvious reasons, ought to be 

 expressed with caution, and never, under any cir- 

 cumstances, positively advanced. Mr. Henderson, 

 the respected veterinary surgeon to Her Majesty the 

 Queen Dowager, possesses in his museum many 

 interesting specimens of the teeth. Among the rest, 

 he has the jaw of an animal which was ascertained 

 to have reached the thirty-eighth year. This pre- 



