Chap. 63.] 
THE TEETH. 
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has in the interior of the month fourteen teeth, adapted for 
chewing, in addition to those which protrude ; in the male 
these are curved inwards, but in the female they are straight, 
and project outwards. The sea-mouse, a fish which goes be- 
fore the balaena, has no teeth at all, but in place of them, the 
interior of the mouth is lined with bristles, as well as the tongue 
and palate. Among the smaller land quadrupeds, the two 
fore- teeth in each jaw are the longest. 
CHAP. 63. WONDEEEUL CIECTOSTANCES COKNECTED WITH THE 
TEETH. 
The other animals are born with^^ teeth, whereas man has 
them only at the seventb^^ month after his birth. While 
other animals keep their teeth to the time of their death, 
man, the lion, the beasts of burden, the dog, and the rumi- 
nating animals, all change them ; the lion and the dog, how- 
ever, change none^^ but the canine teeth. The canine tooth of 
the wolf, on the right side, is held in high esteem as an amulet.^^ 
There is no animal that changes the maxillary teeth, which 
stand beyond the canine teeth. "With man, the last teeth, 
which are known as the genuini,'' or cheek teeth, come 
about the twentieth year, and with many men, and females as 
well, so late even as the eightieth ; but this only in the case 
of those who have not had them in their youth. It is a 
well-known fact, that the teeth are sometimes shed in old age, 
and replaced by others. Mucianus has stated that he, himself, 
saw one Zocles, a native of Samothrace, who had a new set of 
teeth when he was past his one hundred and fourth year. In 
addition to these facts, in man males have more teeth than 
females, which is the case also in sheep, goats, and swine. 
30 See B. ix. c. 88. ^ 
31 Very few other animals are born with teeth, in their natural state. 
Apes, dogs, and cats are not born with teeth. 
^2 From the fourth to the eighth month in reality, during which the 
four central incisors appear. 
33 The only ones that do not change are those which have three molars 
on each side of the jaw. 
3* This is erroneous : they change the incisors and molars as well. 
35 See B. xxviii. c. 78. 
36 By us known as the " wisdom " teeth. 
'"^ This is not the fact : they have usually the same number, but there 
are exceptions on both sides. The same is also the case with sheep, goats, 
and swine. 
