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ZOOLOGY. 



In the ant-eaters the jaws are toothless, but very long, 

 and the tongue is of great length and very extensile; the 

 sub-maxillary glands are very large, so that the viscid sali- 



vary fluid is very abundant. They burrow into ant-holes, 

 thrusting the tongue among the ants, which stick in mul- 

 titudes to the viscid, writhing rod, and are withdrawn into 



