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remarked, in front an.l in the middle, near the pad tlm! i. place-, tin- upper incisor teeth, 

 u kind nl' T. tlir >l. in <>f which is directed forwards, and at the extremity <>l wh>..-e 

 hranc. ry naiT"\\ aperture, tlir l.iiceal opening of Jactib*uu numl. This will 



!> dex'iiU-d with tin- na-al cavil. 



1. /</;<;/.. The tongue nf tin- Of is distinguished \>\ tl.i' i-imr is ilc-vi-lujuni-nt of 



tin- miix'lr- composing it, It is garnished with conical papilla' wliirli have a horny 

 sheath, and whose Mimmits, inclining backwards, give tin- tongue a vi ry Mnr_ r li li'i I. 

 In this animal it st-rvvs for the prehension ot' ttx-tl; its iiml>ility is very f, p rrat, ami it ran 

 ;rii'il into tin- ncstril.s with i-asr. (The body of the or<?an is round' r, and tin- ]x>int 

 Jiiirr thun in tin- Horsr Tin- calicyf.irin papilla; are Bpr. ad ovi r tin- whole of its dorsal 

 Mirfari- : anil at tin- root, on the middle line, ii a sonu-wliat deep fjroovr.) 



Tin- toiiirue of the Sheep and Go it in smaller, pni^orti'inally, than tliat of Solipeds. 



*<i/t r<ilati: It may be 

 .viid, iu a ir'iier:il nianiu-r, tlmt 

 the palatine jirolongmeut is 

 slu-rtt-r than in SolijH-ds. (Thf 

 i>thnui.s of tin' faiuvs is widt-r, 

 however, and th<- unygdaln, very 

 dt-vi l"|i d. ar> >ituated in the 

 two lar_'- di-prt-ssions formeil ou 

 the sid.'S of the soft palate by 

 tin- folding of tlir mucous mein- 



th. The teeth of the 

 Ox are thirty-two in number, 

 y-fonr of which are molars, 

 arranged as in the Horse, and 

 i i.'ht incisors belonging to tin 

 l<>\\ir jaw. The latter are re- 



I in tin- upper jaw by a 

 thick earti; ; .id, covered 



l>y the mui-ons miMiihmne of the 

 mouth ; this pud forms the gum, 

 and furnishes a bearing for tin- 



is of tin- lower jaw. Some- 



. as in the Horse, there are 

 found supplement iry molars. 

 which, if four in imml>er, will 



Up the \vh"!e t' > tllil t\--i\ : 

 tholl'.'h they an never all ( 



time. 11, tin- -ii|>|'leiiii>utury 

 ,,re >hed l>efi>re the molar 

 dentition U cnm|,'. 



mixifiiion of tlie Ox's 



. iiosi- tit the 



. tin- ,,nly dill'i reii.'.- | M -ing 

 in the arningemeiit of the .-e\. ial 



us. ''The iip-i- r~. 

 i'_-ht in number, are placed en 



/ lil'e a key-hoard) at the 

 iit\ of the kind of rounded 



*holllder-l><ille liy which the I11IIX- 



i.l. ir\ l>..:i.- i. rmiiiate-, forming' 



.I tliis jxiint a jH-rl'ect circle 



when they ha\e aeijiiin d their 



fllll deVel.ij,. 



of 1 in^' ti\i d in 

 Uioli.as in Sulipds, tbey 

 DOBiOM a certain din 



bility, >nn times mi-taken for a ili.M HM d eonilition; this i.- : 

 prevent their wouiiiling the cartilaginous pad of the upper jaw ugain.-t which they 



prew. They are divided, aooovdiog to 'theit |H.siti,.n, into i t\\u jiVrf i'n/ar- 



iil> riii'iliiih*. and two ,,,rn>r in -isore. 

 I oilers for consideration two p.ut-: one I'M-.-, tin- other encased, emi- 



I UK TEETH OF THE OX. 



1, Upper jaw, with .1. tin- fii<ti..n Miri'.ice, ami \ tin- 

 external surf.ii'i' : '_'. l.nwi'i 

 tables, ami, ''. the r\t.-i-n.d face. 



with 



