Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: PART II. THE AGE. The teeth are forty in number: twenty-four grinders, or double teeth; twelve nippers, or single teeth; and four tushes. THE COLTS GRINDERS. The colt, at his birth, has eight colfs grinders, four above, and four below; that is, two above and two below, on each side of his mouth. At a month old he has four more colt's grinders, two above and two below; that is, one more above and one more below, on each side of his mouth. These are subsequently shed, in the same order as the nippers. At one year old four more grinders come,two above and two below; that is, one more above and one more below, on each side of his mouth.—Not shed. At a little before two years old four more grinders come, two above and two below; that is, one more above and one more below, on each side of his mouth.—Not shed. At about four years old four more grinders come, two above and two below; that is, one more above and one more below, on each side of his mouth.—Not shed. Change of the Coifs Grinders for Horse Grinders.—At two years and a half old four colt's grinders fall out, one above and one below, on each side of his mouth, and four horse grinders come in their stead. At three years and a half old four more colt's grinders fall out, one above and one below, on each side of his mouth, and four more horse grinders come in their stead. At four years and a half old four more colfs grinders fall out, one above and one below, on each side of his mouth, and four more horse grinders come in their stead. THE COLT S NIPPERS. The colt, at his birth sometimes, but always at a fortnight old, has four front colt's nippers, two above and two below, in the front of his mouth. At a month and a half old, he has four middle colt's nippers, two above and two below, on...