I.I < Tl KK II. 33 



lengthen. (I, or canin 



tu.ilej on caeh side the t nil niu r -t< 'tli, and ealeti- 

 l.it< -I tor t, .1 I di\ idini; tin- lo. i I; and l.t -llv , 



(mnders, \sith broad, angular tops, for cmmi- 

 iiuting or grinding the loud. They are MM: 

 in the human >ubj ( l, on ( a< h side tin \ja\\v The 

 teeth afford a principal < liara< h r in forming the 

 trilx ncra, or piirtirular setsof Quadrnp< 



their distribution dilfcring greatly in the different 

 kinds. In >oinr tin: canine tc-cth arc wanting; in 

 other- tli, front teeth; and some few are totally 

 it nte of any teeth. 



The tail in Quadrupeds is formed by a con- 

 tinuation of the vertebra; or joints of the back-boncj 

 and i.s in some of great length, and covered with 

 long hair: in others very short; and in >om. 

 few entirely wanting, as in the real or genuine 

 Api 



The .Senses of the Mammalia consist, as in 



Man, of the orgaJM ot'>ifht, Uearinif, ta-tin^, and 



Miidling, and the power of feeling; and in many of 



animals the organs are of greater acutein^ 



or sensibility than in Man. The K\es, m some 



Quadrupeds, are furni>hcd with what is call< d a 



iiietitatinmnembrane, or wini^traiiNpan-iit -.:uard. 



LKCT. II. 



