156 AGE OF THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



enamel of the diminished cup of the horse is found posterior 

 to the artificial cup, or has disappeared (Fig. 159). In bishoped 

 mouths the artificial cup is found on the tables of wounded or 

 triangular teeth, in which tliey normally would not be present. 

 In bishoping- the tushes are frequently filed down to point them 

 and make them appear fresh and small. This is evident from 

 the roughened surface and unnatural shape. 



DRESSED MOUTHS. 



The notch on the upper corner incisors and the whole 

 tables of the incisive arches are frequently filed down in " dress- 

 ing " the mouth. If recently done the roughened surface is 

 evident, and at other times it may complicate the appreciation 

 of age to a certain extent ; but the incidence of the jaws^ the 

 form of the tables, the conformation of the maxillary bones, etc., 

 should prevent a deception of any importance. 



