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teeth, next the tushes. In a few weeks, with some, 

 the foal's twelve fore teeth begin to shoot; these 

 are short, round, white, and easily distinguishable 

 from the adult or horse's teeth, with which they 

 come afterwards to be mixed. At some period, be- 

 tween two and three years old, the colt changes his 

 teeth; that is to say, he sheds the four middle fore 

 teeth, two above and two below, which are some- 

 time after replaced with horse's teeth. After three 

 years old, two others are changed, one on each 

 side the former; he has then eight colt's and four 

 horse's teeth. After four years old, he cuts four 

 new teeth, one on each side those last replaced, 

 and has at that age, eight horse's and four foai'3 

 teeth. These last new teeth are slow growers, 

 compared with the preceding; they are the corner 

 teeth, next the tushes, are called pincers, and are 

 those which bear the mark: this mark consists in 

 the tooth being hollow, and in the cavity bearing 

 a black spot, resembling the eye of a bean. The 

 tushes may then be felt. At four years and a 

 half old, these mark teeth are just visible above 

 the gum, and the cavity is very conspicuous. At 

 five years old, the horse has shed his remaining 

 four colt's teeth, and his tushes appear. At six, 

 his tushes are up, and appear white, small, and 

 sharp, near about wjiich is observable a small circle 

 of young growing flesh; the horse's mouth is now 

 complete, and the black mark has arrived at, or 

 very near the upper extremity of the corner teeth. 

 At seven, the two middle teeth fill up. Between 

 the seventh and eighth year, all the teeth are filled 

 up, the bkick mark hath vanished, and the horse is 

 then said to be aged, and his mouth full. 



From that time forward the age of the horse can 



