Part I. FerfeSt Farrier. 2 1 



in returning, the older he is. A Man fhould nor 

 truft much to this Obfervation, becaufe the Skin of 

 a lean Horfe, altho' young, will be longer in re- 

 turning to its place, than the Skin of an old Horfe 

 that is fat and plump. 



Another certain mark of Old Age is when a 

 Horfe Seeletb, that is, when upon his Eye-brows 

 there groweth about the breadth of a Farthing of 

 white Hairs, mix'd with thofe of his natural colour. 

 A Horfe never feeleth until he be fourteen Years 

 old, and always before he be fifteen or flxteen at 

 farthcft. The light Sorrel and Black do fooner feel 

 than any other Colours. 



Horfe-Courfers commonly pull out thofe white 

 Hairs with Pincers : But if they be fo many that it 

 cannot be done without making the Horfe look 

 bald and ugly, then they colour their Eye-brows, 

 that they may not appear old. 



You may judge of his Age alfo by looking on his 

 Palate, becaufe as he grows old the roof of his Mouth 

 grows leaner and drier towards the middle : And 

 thofe ridges which in young Horfes are pretty high 

 and plump, diminifh as they increafe in Age : So 

 that in very old Horfes the roof of the Mouth is no- 

 thing but Skin and Bone. This remark is good, 

 efpecially in Mares, who have feldom any Tufhes 

 whereby to know their Age. 



Grey Horfes become white, as they grow old, and 

 when very aged, are white all over ; but this doth 

 not conclude, that no Horfes are foaled white ; al- 

 tho' but very rarely. But thofe which are foaled 

 grey, are known by their Knees and Hammes, which 

 continue, for the molt part, ftill of that colour. 



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