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will wear away, gradually decrease, and 

 grow smoother and less jagged every year. 

 Between three and four years old, th^se 

 marks will be full half worn down ; and 

 when you observe all the four front teeth, 

 both in the upper and lower jaw, quite worn 

 smooth and even, and not in the least 

 jagged, then you may conclude that the 

 dog is nearly, if not full six years old. When 

 those marks are quite worn flat and even, 

 and those teeth quite level and even, you 

 can no longer judge the age of a dog. I 

 have seen many huntsmen and game- 

 keepers ignorantly look at the side and eye 

 teeth of a dog ; they might as well look 

 under his tail ; for I have seen many dogs, 

 not two years old, which have had the can- 

 ker in the mouth, with hardly one sound 

 tooth in their heads. 



