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According ks they are both opehi (huV gaptiig, 
hretched out by laughing, or drawii clofe by forro.v\fj 
reflection, and even whiftling, we obferve their elfe^ 
upon the human figure. ' s 
The Teeth and Gums, 
Nothing is more 'ftrikihg than the fignificant 
expreflion of teeth, in fetting otT the vifage in euery 
point of view that exhibits their eafe and beauty. 
They are the hardefl, whitefl, and only vifible 
bones of man ; like irregular cones, fixed in Sock- 
ets within the jaws, in a row of fixteen to each 
jaw. Thus the regular number is generally twp- 
and-thirty. They are of three kinds, matched bii 
each fide ; four upper teeth, two eye-teeth, one on 
each fide, and five grinders in each rank. 
Every tooth has, out of the focket, a kind of vifi- 
ble parapet or crowned work ; and concealed 
prongs, or a foundation divided by a circular line 
or bandage. 
The fore-teeth are fliarp and roundifii ; larger in 
the upper jaw than in the lower one. 
The fangs, or eye-teeth, are thicker, rounder, 
larger, longer, and more pointed than the others. 
The grinders are almoft fquare, fliort, broad, 
rough, and pitted like diamonds. — The tvyo firft are 
double-pronged ; the others have feveral points j and 
the tooth of wifdom, thelaft cut, at the age of puberty, 
1 $ 
