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Sheep, Goat, Deer, &c. yet in such manner 

 entering into the body of the tooth as to con- 

 stitute it, when worn down, a perfectly gra- 

 nivorous tooth ; for it may be observed, that 

 the Shee|), Goat, Deer, and Hippopotamus, 

 in having the edges of their teeth protected 

 by enamel, differ from those graminivorous 

 animals (as the Horse and Ox) which do not 

 cut the bark of trees, or feed upon reeds. 



Thus much is as little as can be said on the 

 teeth ; not so remarkable even for their size 

 as their peculiar construction, and mechanical- 

 action : there being no animal known, whose 

 teeth resemble them. 



TUSKS. 



Although it v/as extremely probable, or 

 rather (as Hunter expressed himself) there was 

 no reason to doubt but that the same animal 

 which owned the carnivorous teeth likewise 

 owned the tusks which were found with them 

 on the Ohio, yet the fact could there not be 

 well ascertained, because the bones of several 



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