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England, Germany or Holland ; or in North 

 America, of European parents, always loft 

 their teeth much fooner than common; 

 the women efpecially were fubje£t to this 

 difagreeable circumftance, the men did not 

 fuffer ib much from it. Girls not above 

 twenty years old, frequently had loft half 

 of their teeth, without any hopes of getting 

 new ones : I have attempted to penetrate 

 into the caufes of this early fhedding of 

 the teeth, but I know not, whether I have 

 hit upon a true one. Many people were 

 of opinion that the air of this country hurt 

 the teeth : lb much is certain that the 

 weather can no where be fubject to more 

 frequent and fudden changes ; for the end 

 of a hot day, often turns out piercing cold, 

 and vice ver/a. Yet this change of wea- 

 ther, cannot be looked upon as having any 

 effect upon the fhedding of the teeth, for 

 the Indians prove the contrary : they live 

 in the fame air, and always keep fine, en- 

 tire white teeth ; this I have {ten myfelf, 

 and have been allured of by every body: 

 others afcribe it to the great quantities of 

 fruit and fweet meats which are here eaten. 

 But I have known many people, who never 

 eat any fruit, and neverthelefs had hardly a 

 tooth left. 



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