OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS. 
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The pincers of the upper jaw cease to be fleurs-de-lis, and 
their upper edge is levelled, at between three and four years old— 
varying according to the size of the dog. 
The central lobe of the corner teeth of the lower jaw disap¬ 
pears about the same time, or a little after, that is to say, at four 
years. 
The middle teeth of the upper jaw experience the same pro¬ 
cess at between four and five years old, varying with the size 
of the dog. At about the same period, the low'er incisors begin 
to be foul, and black, and somewhat deteriorated. The animal 
usually has some of these teeth broken or w^anting. 
After five years old, the indications of age are not to be de¬ 
pended upon, and the examiner can only approximate to it. 
In most dogs the superior corner teeth or little tushes begin 
to become rounded at six years old ; but this wearing of them 
is not sufficiently regular or constant to be depended upon, as a 
certain indication of the ase: and even the flattening of them, 
which takes place sooner or later, is too vague and too variable 
to serve as a chronometer of the life of the dog. 
[To be continued.] 
The following gentlemen obtained their diplomas at the Royal 
V^eterinary College, on the 15th of June:— 
Mr. Robert Bowles, of Norwich, 
Mr. W. Bryant, of Tewkesbury, 
Mr. W. Dearden, of Manchester, 
Mr. Richard Reynolds, of Warsop. 
Another examination took place on our publishing day, the 
result of which our next number will contain. 
At the distribution of prizes at the close of the session 
1834-5, in Mr. Youatt’s class at the University of London, the 
first was awarded to Mr. Robert Brown Rush, of South Lopham, 
Norfolk; and the second to Mr. William Henry Coates, of 
Leeds. The essays of both these gentlemen possessed very great 
merit, and were so nearly equal, that Mr. Youatt thought it ex¬ 
pedient to request the opinion of some competent and valued 
friends on the subject. 
Incompliance with his request, the pupils who had only at¬ 
tended the second course likewise competed, and to one of them, 
Mr. R. Lucas, a supplementary prize was given. His essay 
appears in the present number; and when it is considered that 
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