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of a circle 5 in the Elephant it accords with the 

 figure of a pear. Glancing rapidly from one 

 head to the other, the eye will readily notice 

 other peculiarities, which are not of sufficient 

 importance particularly to mention here. 



TEETH. 



From their size, structure, and mechani- 

 cal action, the teeth are much the most inte- 

 resting part to the anatomist. From their 

 uncommon size, there are but few of them 5 

 (eight being sufficient to fill the jaws ;) two 

 large ones in the back, and two small ones in 

 the front of each jaw : the large teeth have 

 four obliquely transverse conic ridges or processes ; 

 the small ones three with the same characters, 

 so disposed as to interlock with each other, in 

 the manner of a crimping-machine, only all 

 at once, with an irresistible power. These 

 conic processes are covered with a thick coat 

 of enamel, ^wholly superficial, reaching down on 

 every side to the alveolar processes, in the 

 manner of all carnivorous animals. There is 

 a section of one in the British Museum, which 



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