NATURAL HISTORY OF SKLBORNE. 
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Eabbit with Deformed Teeth, p. 19 — It often happens 
that rabbits are shot with teeth deformed in the manner repre- 
sented in the engraving on the next page. It will be observed 
that the two lower teeth project upwards and forwards so as 
to come almost on a level with the top of the rabbit's nose. 
In order to understand how this deformity came about, the reader « 
should examine the teeth of the next rabbit sent up to table. 
He will find that the tips are sharp and chisel-like, and that the 
MAN TRAPS. 
lower end of the tooth is filled with a gelatinous substance. 
The rabbit, by continual gnawing, wears away the tips of these 
rodent teeth ; as the tooth is continuously growing, the soft pulp 
at the root gradually hardens itself into true tooth structure. 
The four rodent teeth are thus regularly wearing each other 
down, and, as they all grow at a similar rate, they keep each 
other level 
Should any one of the four teeth get injured oi- knocked out 
