110 SOUNDNESS IN HORSES. 



The fact of an animal's teeth having been bishoped, 

 may be recognised by the following means : — 



1. When the jaws are brought together, and the 

 incisors are viewed from the front, these teeth may not 

 all be on the same level. 



2. Traces of the file may be left on the teeth. 



3. The form of the cavities will not correspond with 

 that of the tables. 



4. The artificial cavity will not be surrounded by 

 central enamel, which, by reason of its being harder than 

 the dentine, will, in the natural tooth, stand up in relief 

 on its table. 



A fraudulent seller, when showing a bishoped mouth, 

 will generally endeavour to have the incisors covered by 

 a plentiful supply of saliva. 



