. Dentition as indicative of the age of the animals of the farm. Domestic animals -- Age; Teeth. 80 Dentition as indicative of the Age The mouth of " Kremlin " was drawn as a very remarkable specimen, and it may be said in regard to it that experienced judges have more than once decided that the teeth indicate the animal to be much above the actual age. About the time that the cast of the mouth of " Kremlin " was taken, a specimen of a horse w^hich was believed to be thirty-six years old at the time of his death was obtained, and it was observed that, so far as the tables o
. Dentition as indicative of the age of the animals of the farm. Domestic animals -- Age; Teeth. 80 Dentition as indicative of the Age The mouth of " Kremlin " was drawn as a very remarkable specimen, and it may be said in regard to it that experienced judges have more than once decided that the teeth indicate the animal to be much above the actual age. About the time that the cast of the mouth of " Kremlin " was taken, a specimen of a horse w^hich was believed to be thirty-six years old at the time of his death was obtained, and it was observed that, so far as the tables of the teeth were concerned, Fig. 21.—Incisors of Horse (" Ejnms ") at those of " Kremlin " seemed to have been worn as much as those of the older horse. The central enamel can yet be seen in all the incisors of " Epirus " (Fig. 21). In fact, the remains of the marks are more evident than they are in the teeth of "Lothario" (Fig. 19) at twelve years of age. The tables of the incisors in the mouth of the older animal are triangular instead of square. " Kremlin " (Fig. 20) shows a comparatively youthful form of the tables of the incisors, a condition which js due to the rectangular position of the teeth in regard to the jaw ; but it is evident that the central enamel is entirely worn out, not a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brown, George Thomas, Sir, 1827-. London, J. Murray
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