1 6 The Compleat Horfeman : or y 



When a Horfe hath no more Foal-teeth, and that 

 his Corner- teeth begin to appear, he is then in his 

 fifth Year j that is, he hath about four Years and a 

 half, and is going in his fifth. When he firft puts 

 out his Corner-teeth, they are of equal height with 

 the Gums on the outfide, and the inflde of them is 

 filled with Flefh until he be near five •, and when he 

 comes to be five Years old, that Flefh difappears, 

 and there will remain in the place of it a hollow ; 

 that is., they are not fo high on the in fide as the out* 

 which they will come to be about a Year after their 

 firft: appearing. So that when a Horfe's Corner- 

 teeth are filled with Flefh, you may confidently af- 

 firm that he is not five. 



From five to five and a half, the Corner-teeth 

 remain hollow on the in fide, and that part which 

 was filled with Flefh is empty. 



From five and a half till fix, the hollow on the 

 inflde fills up, and the Teeth grow and become flat 

 and equal at top, only a little Cavity remains in the 

 middle, refembling the Eye of a dry Bean, and then 

 they fay the Horfe is entring fix. And fo long as a 

 Horfe's Corner-teeth are not fo high on the infide as 

 the out, he is {till faid to be but five, although he 

 be five and a half, and fometimes fix. 



You may alfo do well to remember, that at four 

 Years and a half, when the Corner-teeth appear, 

 and are filled on the infide with Flefh, that the out- 

 fide of them will then be about the thicknefs of a 

 Crown above the Gums, and will fo continue till five. 

 And from thence to five and a half the outward 

 Edge will be about the thicknefs of two Crowns a- 

 bove the Gums. At fix they will be about the breadth 

 of one's little Finger above the Gums, and hisTufhes 

 will be at their full length. At feven Years they 

 will be about the thicknefs of the fecond or Ring- 

 finger above the Gums, and the hollow almoft quite 

 worn out and gone. 



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