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lavater’s 
The cheeks are equally convex or roundlfli, foft 
and frefii-coloured; the jaws doping, and loofer 
above than below. 
A rifing nofe, Ihorter than the lips, higher and 
rounder at the bottom j oval notlrils, hairy within, 
and thick edges, form an eflential part of the lead- 
ing features. 
The upper lip is almoft perpendicular, with a 
hollow, the lower one almoft ftraight as a line, or 
curving gradually ; the chin picked, plump, and 
roundifh. 
The male fex has the mouth bearded, with 
long flowing hair, particularly at the chin. 
The teeth are grafted on the jaw ; the fore-teeth 
run clofe in a row, more equal, evener and rounder, 
than in other animals : the eye-teeth are placed 
afunder, longer than the others, fliorter than thofe 
of brutes, and on a level with five grinders on each 
fide, fiattifli, but not with fuch deep-rooted prongs 
as in the brute creation. 
Bare, round, and lateral ears encircle the head 
like a half-moon, with the upper brim hollow, and 
foft at bottom. 
The buft confifts of the head, neck, breaft, back, 
and belly. The trunk is headlefs, formed by thofe 
other parts. 
The neck is almoft round, with the nape lightly 
turning j the throat hollow at top, and convex in 
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