MISCELLANEA. 
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years, is by inspection of the tushes and the superior corner in¬ 
cisors. At six years old, if not before, the canine teeth and the 
corner superior incisors begin to be yellow, and rounded, and 
worn at every point. This yellow colour, which is seen first at 
the base of the tooth, is apparent in sonfie dogs at four years old. 
Commonly it does not appear until the 5og is five years old, and 
is not decidedly established until he is six. At this latter period 
the little supernumerary molars are dirty, black, and worn, and 
frequently wanting. Some months later, the canine teeth are 
shortened, and rounded, and worn down in every possible direc¬ 
tion. These alterations, while they increase, become more and 
more complicated ; but they do not follow each other in regular 
order, and they enable us only to approximate to the age of the dog. 
To these observations respecting the teeth we may add, that 
old dogs become grey around the muzzle, the eyes, and the 
forehead ; they become, contrary to other animals, thicker about 
the muzzle. At eight years old the points of the hocks loSe 
their hair, and become covered with callosities; the ends of the 
toes thicken and become rounded; the nails, hollow and flat, 
leno'then, and form a semicircle : the surface of the back is de- 
nuded of hair; the skin at parts becomes scaly, or rather it is 
covered by a sort of mange—a red mange—exceedingly obsti¬ 
nate, or almost incurable, and which, in the great majority of 
cases, more and more annoys the animal, whatever supposed 
remedy we may employ. 
Diplomas obtained at the Royal Veterinary 
College, August 18th:— 
Mr. J. V. Gibson, of Manchester, 
Mr. A. Packwood, of Coventry, 
Mr. J. B. Lowth, of Oakham, 
Mr. C. H. Wadlow, of London. 
The Desert Horseman. 
Afar in the desert I love to ride, 
With the silent bush-boy alone by my side; 
When the sorrows of life the soul o’ercast, 
And, sick of the present, I turn to the past; 
And the eye is suffused with regretful tears. 
From the fond recollections of former years; 
And the shadows of things that have long since fled 
Flit over the brain like the ghosts of the dead— 
Bright visions of glory, that vanished too soon,— 
Day-dreams that departed ere manhood’s noon,— 
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