TO TELL THE AGE OF A DOG. 509 



terchief around the limb ; it should be drawn tightly, and answers 

 tetter if a knot is put in it, which is to be placed directly over the 

 ■course of the bleeding vessel. By this means the pressure will be 

 •exerted more directly upon it. This bandage should not be re 

 moved till a surgeon is present. 



All the principal bloodvessels run on the inside of the limbs, and 

 •can be easily discovered by the pulsation. 



TO TELL THE AGE OF A DOG. 



It just occurs to us how ignorant many of our friends are as to 

 the mode of telling the age of a dog; we therefore give in this 

 place a few hints on the subject. 



Take, for instance, a puppy at one year old; open his mouth, 

 and examine his front teeth ; take no heed of the side or jaw-teeth, 

 flave to admire their ivory-like appearance. 



These front teeth, — or, more scientifically speaking, these in- 

 cisors, — both in the upper and lower jaw, will be found jagged and 

 uneven: this appearance may be termed the marks of the dog. 

 The age of a dog may be determined by these marks with the same 

 degree of certainty with which a jockey guesses at the age of a 

 horse. These marks continue longer in the upper teeth than they 

 do in the lower, and the jagged, imeven appearance noticed in the 

 pup is half gone at the age of three or four years; when it has en- 

 tirely disappeared and all the front teeth have becorue worn 

 ■■smooth and even, the dog is nearly or quite full six year? oUl 



