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small difference in their breadth, and they almost gradually 
diminish from the centre to the sides. The basal range 
above the gums is also nearly parallel. 
Fig. 10 shows the character of the teeth on the seventh 
and eighth years, when the general length and breadth con¬ 
tinue nearly as in the fifth and sixth years ; but the two cen¬ 
tral ones are generally considerably worn down, or broken, as 
exhibited in our figure, and frequently dark-green, or brown, 
at their base above the gums, and their hue rather yellow 
CHAPTER Y. 
GESTATION, PARTURITION, &C. 
THE RAM. 
Of late years much attention has been paid to the form of 
the ram from which to breed, as well as the quality of his 
wool, fleeces, and other properties which experience has 
shown to be the most appropriate. 
The head should be fine, and rather small than otherwise ; 
his eyes large and prominent, ears thin, his nostrils wide 
and expanded, his collar full from the breast and shoulders, 
but gradually tapering from the junction of the head and 
neck, and the latter of a graceful and gentle curve, without 
any appearance of hanging skin underneath ; the shoulders 
broad and full, and joining smoothly to the collar forward, 
and to the chine backward, without permitting a hollow in 
either situation; the muscle upon his arm or fore-thigh 
must swell boldly from its superior part to the knee; the 
legs straight with a clean and fine bone ; the knee must not 
have any loose skin about it, and the hair from thence, as 
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