NOTES TO THE 
of gear, the opposing tootli still continues to grow. In the rabbit 
now before us a shot or some otlier injury has partially dis- 
located the lower jaw; the lower teeth, therefore, do not correspond 
with those in the uj)per jaw, they are therefore grown to the 
length of one inch and a quarter. 
There is great variety in deformities of rabbits' teeth, and I 
RABBIT WITH DEFOHMED TEETH. 
have in my museum several fine specimens ; some teeth are 
almost in the shape of a ring, others are spiral like a corkscrew. 
The elephant's tusk grows from within outwards, exactly in the 
same way as does a rabbit's tooth. Musket balls are often found 
