Part 2

CONTENTS.

Par. Page.

1. That the teeth of the horse denote the age of the animal &c. 1

2. In every case the evidence of the teeth is secondary to direct and substantiated testimony; &c. 3

3. Some of the causes which induce certain persons to doubt &c. 4

4. The teeth more frequently contradict an arbitrary calculation than disagree with fact. 7

5. For the security of the purchaser of a horse, not connected with the turf, the teeth are a sufficient guard, &c. 10

6. The description of the teeth &c. 14

7. The teeth are situated &c. 15

8. The teeth are organised, &c. 16

9. The horse possesses forty teeth, &c. 16

10. Three substances enter into the composition of the horse's tooth. 18

11. The crusta petrosa &c. 18

12. The enamel &c. 20

13. The ivory &c. 20

14. The uses of the ivory, enamel, and crusta petrosa &c. 22

15. The separate uses of the three component structures, &c. 24

16. The various parts and peculiarities of form, &c. 32

17. There are infundibula also in the molar teeth, &c. 35

18. To distinguish an upper from a lower molar tooth &c. 36

19. The teeth of the horse are very firmly implanted in the jaws, &c. 37

20. The molars of the lower jaw are the active agents of mastication, &c. 37

21. Provision has been made by Nature to meet the wear to which the horse's teeth are subjected. 38

22. The cavity of the pulp &c. 42

23. Nature provides the horse with two sets of teeth. 43

24. To know the temporary from the permanent teeth, &c. 46

25. To recognise a milk incisor tooth &c. 46

26. The permanent incisors are indicated by their greater size, &c. 49