Part I. PerfeSt Farrier. i p 



tentimes counter-mark them, by hollowing the 

 Corner-teeth with an In graving. Iron, and putting 

 fome double Ink immediately into the Hole, and 

 there let it dry, which will remain as long as the 

 Teeth continue hollow. Others with a red-hot Iron 

 burn a Grain of Rye in the Hollows of the Teeth, 

 which makes them perfectly black \ for there pro- 

 ceeds from the Rye a kind of Oil, which by the help 

 of the burning cleaves faft to the Hollows of the 

 Teeth newly cut. To prevent being cheated by 

 fuch Villains, obferve if there be any Scratches on 

 the outfides of the Hollows of the Teeth (becaufe 

 the Graver fometimes flips and fcratches the other 

 parts of the Teeth) for then you may conclude him 

 countermark'd \ and an Artificial Hollow is much 

 blacker than a natural. Take notice alfo of his Up- 

 per-Tufhes ; the infides of which fhou'd be grocv'd 

 or hollow until the Horfe be feven Years old. Ob- 

 ferve alio if he have any figns of old Age, fuch ass 

 the Upper * teeth long, overpaffing thofe below, and 

 yellow ; the lower part of the nether Jaw-bone fharp 

 and edged \ the Under-Tufhes ufed, big, and fca-* 

 ly } if he have thefe Tokens of Age, and yet ap- 

 pears marked, it is very probable that he is counter- 

 mark'd. 



I have heard of filing a Horfe's Teeth to make 'em 

 fhort } but I believe no Man ever made twice tryal 

 of it in his Life-time. For if you file the Under- teeth^ 

 which are thofe at which People look to know the 

 Age, then thofe above will beobferv'd to be longer 

 than thofe which have been fhortned: And if the 

 Teeth both above and below be fhortned, then the 

 Jaw-teeth or Grinders being at their full length will 

 join, and fo hinder the Upper and Lower-teeth, 

 which were fhortned, from doling, which will 

 plainly dtfcover the Cheat : For the Horfe's Mouth 

 being fhut, the Fore-teeth will be at a great diftance 

 from each other. Befides the Horfe would not in a 



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