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ral, somewhat slow, and their food is principally 
vegetable. 
The Fern have generally six dutting-teeth of a 
somewhat conical shape, both in the upper and 
under jaw: these are succeeded by strong and 
sharp fangs, or canine-teeth ; and the grinders are 
formed into conical or pointed processes. This 
tribe is predacious, living principally on the flesh 
of other animals : the feet are armed with sharp 
claws. 
The GUres are furnished with two remarkably 
large and long fore-teeth both above and below ; 
but have no canine, or sharp lateral teeth : their 
feet are provided with claws, and their general 
pace is more or less salient or leaping : their food 
is vegetable ; consisting of roots, barks, fruits, &c. 
The Pecora, among which are comprised what 
are commonly termed cattle, have no front teeth 
in the upper jaw, but several, viz. six or eight, in 
the lower : their feet are furnished with cloven or 
divided hoofs : their food is entirely vegetable, 
and they possess the remarkable power of rumi- 
nation, or throwing up again into the mouth the 
food they have first swallowed, in oixler that it 
may be still farther reduced or comminuted by 
the teeth. This remarkable process is assisted by 
the peculiar structure of the stomach, which, in 
these animals, is divided into four cavities, each 
having its peculiar office. 
The Belluce have obtuse front-teeth ; the feet 
are furnished with hoofs, in some whole or round- 
