Part I. PerfeSi Farrier. 17 



At eight Years old the Horfe will be razed ^ that 

 is, none of his Teeth will be hollow, but flat quite 

 over, and about the thicknefs of the Middle-finger 

 above the Gums. 



It is quite contrary in Horfes to what it is with 

 Men. Young People labour and endure Fatigue in- 

 comparably better than old : Whereas Horfes will 

 toil better when they are old than young. Men, 

 when young, eat and fleep better than when they 

 are aged \ but Horfes on the contrary eat a great 

 deal more when a little aged, and alfo reft better. 



CHAP. IV. 



How to know the Age of a Horfe which is pafh 

 Mark, Shell-tooth* d, or hollow-tooth* d^ or whofe 

 Mark is counterfeited. 



AFter a Horfe has razed, a Man cannot judge 

 of his Age, but by the length of his Fore- 

 teeth or by his Tulhes. 



As the Gums through time grow lean, fo they 

 make the Teeth to appear long ; and it is certain*' 

 that fo much the longer a Horfe's Teeth are, he is 

 fo much the older. And as he grows old, his Teeth 

 will contract: Ruft and become Yellow. Not but 

 that there are fome old Horfes who have very fhort 

 and white Teeth ^ and People fay of fuch Horfes,' 

 That they have a good Mouth, confidering their 

 Age. Some alfo will have a Black Speck in their 

 Teeth, refembling the true Mark, a long time af- 

 ter they are paft eight or nine ; but then it is not 

 hollow. 



The Tufhes are the molt certain Mark whereby 

 to know a Horfe's Age. 



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