ii8 Of the LAMPAS and WOLVES TEETH. 



work it well all round withinfide of the Cavities. The above 

 will flousrh and cleanfe the Wound much; the above not to 

 be repeated for nine days to come, nor feldom requires any- 

 more drefling. 



Seftion, 43. 



OJ LAMPAS and WOLVES TEETH and FLAPS in the 



MOUTH. 



THE Lampas is an Excrefcence in the Roof of the Mouth, 

 fo that upon opening the Mouth you may perceive that 

 the Roof or hrft bar of the Mouth appears above the fore 

 Teeth. The above is common to all young Horfes : I have 

 feen feveral young Horfes, at tv/o or three, or four years old, 

 to have the Lampas as fome people call it; but to the belt of 

 mv memory, I never took the Lampas out of any of our own 

 Horfes ; fo all men that will take notice of a young Horfe's 

 Mouth, will always find his Teeth fhort, and that is the reafon 

 that the Roof of the Mouth appears higher than the Teeth : 

 but if a fix or feven years old Horfe has the Lampas, you 

 may take the fir ft bar of the Roof of his Mouth off, with a hot 

 iron made for that purpofe ; then nature will perform the 

 cure. 



The Wolves Teeth are fhort ftumpy Teeth, which are 

 fituated up to the Grinders of the upper Jaw, they are very 

 hurtful to the Eyes, and the fooner they are taken out the 

 better; the method of taking them out is as follows. Get a 



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