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Jaws to break off that part which they take 

 hold of. But if it be more (olid, and not eafi- 

 ly penetrated, nor any Piece without difficulty 

 to be feparated from that Body, whereof it is a 

 part \ then we apply the Dentes Canini, or Eye- 

 Teeth, to it, which are not fpread, nor have 

 fuch an edge as the lnciforss, but are ftiarp and 

 pointed like an Awl, and fo do more readily 

 penetrate a Subftance that is hard, and which 

 the Incifores can fcarcely make any Impreflion 

 upon. And as the Parts of a more (olid Body 

 are commonly with more difficulty feparated, 

 and there muft be a greater ftrefs put upon 

 thofe Teeth which pull it into pieces ; fo 

 thefe Teeth are much more firmly fixed in the 

 Jaws than the Incifbres> thd 5 they have but one 

 {ingle Root. Befides, the Pofition of all thefe 

 Teeth is accommodated to their u(e, as being 

 planted oppofite to the Apperture of the Mouth ; 

 fo that they may be conveniently apply M to the 

 Subftance which we have to eat, before it isbro* 

 ken, and when it is too large to be admitted within 

 the Mouth. 



The Teeth which do by a Compreftion and 

 Attritition reduce the little Models to fmaller 

 Parts, are from the manner in which they break 

 the Aliment, called Dentes Molares> becaufe 

 they do, like fo many Mill-ftones, grind the 

 Food between them. And that they might be 

 rendered fit for this purpofe, they are made 

 broad at that Extremity, which ftands out of 

 the Gums, by which means they retain fbme 

 Quantity of the Food between them every time 

 the lower Jaw is pulled up and forc'd againft the 

 'Maxilla Superior. And as they are broad, fo 

 they are formed with Inequalities and Protube- 

 rances j and by the motion of the lower Jaw, 



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