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the tooth of a horse, and the file cannot make the 

 tables assume the juvenile figure. Horses that show 

 such mouths, may be easily recognised — perhaps they 

 are quiet while their legs are handled, but shy when 

 the head is touched — they are not vicious, but timid, 

 and the teeth tell the reason of their fear. It is well 

 to pass them by, and dangerous to accept them at 

 any price. If the teeth have been tampered with, 

 what tricks may not have been practised to conceal 

 other defects ? 



58. Irregularity of growth in the horse^s teeth, 

 should, in all cases, be early noticed, and speedily 

 attended to, for so much of the worth of the horse 

 depends on the animal's ability to feed, that it may 

 be said, " no teeth no horse." The milk teeth are so 

 regular in their growth, that I have not been able to 

 hear of, or meet with a specimen, in which they 

 were eccentric. The permanent teeth, however, are 

 not unusually irregular ; the most common irregu- 

 larity which they exhibit, is that of retention of one 

 or more of the milk incisors, and this more frequently 

 is to seen in the lower than in the upper jaw. Mr. 

 Ernes, of whom I have before spoken as an excellent 



