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mouth to the ground, has the nose prolonged into a trunk, 

 which he uses with great dexterity, for bringing food and 

 drink to his mouth. Doubtless the mastodon, once so abun- 

 dant in this country, was furnished with a similar organ. 

 Man and the monkeys employ the hand exclusively, for 

 prehension. 



226. Some animals drink by suction, like the ox, others 

 by lapping, like the dog. Birds simply fill the beak with 

 water, then raising the head, allow it to run down into the 

 crop ; some of them, however, suck up liquids, like the 

 herbivora. 



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