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four ; bill the two upper Hifhcs fomctimt-s at four, fomc- 

 times at four and a half; fonietimes before and fometimes 

 after the corner teeth, without any certain rule ; and till the 

 age of fix they are chamfered within. And at about ten 

 years of age the two under tuflies appear much worn, which 

 ferves for that age. After that they grow out in length, 

 and become bare of flefli, becaufe the gum flirinks and re- 

 tires ; and at laft, about the iiftcentli or fixteenth year, the 

 horfe JheUs. 



It is fometimes faid, that a horfe is not capable of any 

 great fatigue till his tulhcs have cut the flcin. See AcK, in 

 Horfemanjl.np. 



The teeth in flieep are divided into two kinds, the inciforcs 

 and the molares, or the cutting and dividing, and the rub- 

 bing and grinding teeth. Such flieep as are fuU-mouthed 

 have eight of the firft fort of teeth ; throwing up two every 

 year, conlequently lole their fucking teeth. The incifores 

 are found to wear down in proportion to the adfion which 

 they have ; but the molares, having more ftrength, and a 

 different form, do not fuffer fo much in this way. 



It has been fuggeiled by an experienced flieep-farmer, 

 that thefe forts of young animals moltly renew their firfl 

 two teeth at from about fourteen to fixteen months of age ; 

 and after that, every year nearly at the fame tiine, until 

 they are turned three years old, or, in the technical language 

 of the fheep-mafter, three fhear, when they become full- 

 mouthed ; for although they have eight teeth before in the 

 imder jaw, it is commonly believed that they only caft and 

 renew the fix infide ones. Shepherds, however, differ much 

 on this point, fome contending that they only fhed the fix 

 fore-teeth, while others maintain that they caft the whole 

 eight fore-teeth. The matter is, therefore, not yet well 

 afcertained. Some properly remark, that iheep are very 

 uncertain in their throwing up their teeth ; much depending 

 upon their being early or late lambed, well or ill fed, and 

 other fimilar circumftances. Tups have been known to have 

 four broad or renewed teeth, when by the age, as (hewn in 

 the above manner, they ought to have had only two. Some 

 fheep are remarked to be more backward than others, by 

 feveral months, in proportion to their ftrength of conftitu- 

 tion, and other matters. 



In Romney Marrti the teeth of fheep are found to decay 

 much fafter, it is believed, than in any other part of the 

 coimtry. Clofe feeding wears the teeth exceedingly ; of 

 courfe, the teeth of the fheep of thofe who ftock the hardeft 

 commonly decay the fooneft. The fheep graziers m this 

 dillrift are very particular in mouthing their ftieep, which 

 are kept or rejefted according as their mouths are found to 

 be good or bad ; as, where the latter is the cafe, they have 

 great difficulty in maintaining themfelves during the winter 

 feafon. 



It is noticed that fheep, about the tiine of renewing their 

 teeth, are very tender in their mouths, and do not thrive fo 

 well as they do at other feafons. At one feafon a teg, it is 

 fuppofed, may ilarve any fheep by clofe feeding ; but on 

 the renewal of its broad teeth, any (lieep may itarve it. 



In the above diftrift, the barrens or old breeding ewes are 

 generally caft off" when they have had their third lamb ; 

 though fometimes, if their mouths be good, and they are 

 often better than thofe that have had only one lamb, they 

 are kept for the fourth lamb : nor is this fuppofed a bad 

 praflice, fince by it fome valuable ewes may be referved. 



Sheep are feldom kept here to any great age : fome fa- 

 vourites are, however, kept till ten years old, without a 

 tooth in their heads. Some have heard of their living twenty 

 years. In the county of Hereford they are faid to live to a 

 great age : they live on long grafs in the fummcr feafon, and 



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pcafc-ftraw and other fnnilar matters in the winter, which 

 do not wear their teeth fo mucii as when they labour hard 

 on a clofe fliort-fef turf. See Shkei'. 



The teeth of the various other forts of domeftic animals 

 have hitherto been but little noticed or attended to by ftore 

 or ftock mafters, though tiiey are probably, in many cafes, 

 as much changed, and lervc to mark the ages and growths of 

 the animals as much and as certainly, as in the inilanccs ami 

 cafes which have been given above. • 



Teeth, Mammoth's. See MaMMOTh'j Teeth. 



Tf.eth, IVolf's. See Wolves' Teeth. 



Tkktii of a Wheel, in Mcchamcs. See WllEEL. 



TEETHING. See Dentition, and Difeafei of Teeth, 

 fupra. 



TEETMOW, in Geography, a town of Bengal : 40 

 miles S.S.E. of Curruckpoiu-. 



TEFEE, a town of Brafil, in the government of Para, 

 on the river of the Amazons ; 220 miles W. of Fort Rio 

 Negro. 



TEFELSDORF, a town of Tranfylvania ; 7 mUes N. 

 of Scheftiurg. 



TEFEN, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Natolia ; 28 

 miles S.W. of Amafieh. 



TEFESSAD, or Tfessad, a town of Algiers, whofc 

 ruins extend along the coaft of the Mediterranean near a 

 league, fuppofed to have been the ancient Tipafa ; 32 

 miles S.S.W. of Algiers. N. lat. 36° 32'. E. long. 

 2° 54'. 



TEFETHNE, or Teftane, a town of Morocco, on 

 the coaft ; 60 miles W. of Morocco. — Alfo, a river of 

 Morocco, which runs into the fea near Mogodor. 



TEFFEREG, a town of the archbiffiopric of Salzburg ; 

 I mile S. of Windifch Matray. 



TEFLIS, a town of Afia, capital of the principality of 

 Georgia, and fee of a bifliop, founded, according to an old 

 infcription in the citadel, by a certain prince Sarang, A.D. 

 1063, is fituated on the N.W. fide of the great plain of Kara- 

 joes, at the foot of a hill, occupying both banks of the 

 river Kur, over which is a bridge. This city is furrounded 

 with ftrong walls, except towards the river ; and has a large 

 fortrefs at the declivity of the mountain, which contains a 

 garrifon, and is often made ufe of as a place of refuge for 

 criminals and debtors. All the houfes are of ftonc, with 

 flat roofs, which ferve, according to the cuftom of the Eaft, 

 as walks for the women. The buildings are neat and clean ; 

 but the ftreets are exceedingly dirty and narrow. The town 

 contains one Roman Catholic, thirteen Greek, and feven Ar- 

 menian churches. Near it are fome warm fprings, and hence 

 it is called Theleftokar, or Warm town. In the year 13^6, 

 this town was taken by Tamerlane, and the king of Geor- 

 gia made prifoner. In 1723 it was taken by tlic Turks; 

 and in 1734 retaken by Kouli Khan. Before it was taken 

 by Aga Mahomed Khan, in 1 797, it contained 4000 houfes, 

 and 22,000 inhabitants. Although mo.-t of the houfes, 

 which are neatly built, are now ftanding, the population 

 does not exceed 15,000 fouls. It was for many years the 

 refidence of prince Herachus, and is at prefent tiiat of the 

 Ruffian governor and commander-in-chief, who has at all 

 times a large force ftatioiied in the city, to the difguft of the 

 inhabitants, who iluidder at the thoughts of their wives and 

 daughters being conftantly expofed to the view and impor- 

 tunities of ftrangers. This circimiftance tends to render the 

 Ruffian name detefted by the Georgians: 1 00 miles N.N.E. 

 of Erivan. N. lat. 42^^ 45'. E. long. 45° 2o'. 



TEFTE RI) A R, the name of an officer of dignity in the 

 Eaftern nations. In Egypt he is lord high trealurer of tlie 

 tribute p;ud out of the lauds to the grand fignior. He is named 



for 



