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municates with the Root of the Nofe, and the Bone gives the 
Air at its exit another direftion •, fo here the foie and back-part 
of the Choana are dire Iy oppofite, but then the Trunk itfelf 
gives the Air a quite other direction than in the Bones of other 
Animals. Indeed there is one Argument which feems toflrength- 
en Dr. Moulin* s Opinion, That by the Trunk the Elephant 
fucks up any Liquor it has occafion for, which it afterwards emp- 
ties into the Mouthy and fo by drawing in of the Air, it is able 
to keep in its Extremity any thing it takes hold of. However, 
the Objections advanc’d againft this Opinion formerly, feem to 
be of greater Moment, than thefe Arguments here propos’d, are 
for it. Thefe two cavous Bones on each fide the Choana, are filld 
up from the two firm, folid, white, weighty Teeth ("3. 4..) the Teeth, or 
back one whereof does not grind, but lerves, as it were a wedge, Grinders of 
to keep that before firm in its Place (5.J This Tooth runs ob-^<? Upper 
iiquely backward 3 Inches from the fore Tooth. That part of it J**- 
which is without the Jaw Bone is half round, being Inches in 
Surface from its Root on the one fide to that on the other, very 
polite, as Tentx.eliut is pleafed to term it, and fmooth likeGlals. 
How far this Tooth or the other may go up, I cannot pofitively 
determine, neither give any Account of the Figure within the 
Bone, unlefs I had broke the Scull However, I fhall infill more 
upon the Teeth, when I come to the lower Jaw 3 all I (hall add 
at pfefent is, that their Alveoli , cfpecialiy that which contains 
the hind Tooth, are as thin as can be imagin’d. The length of 
each of the 1 eeth is 7 Inches. Thefe i eeth are not alike on 
both ildes; for that on the Right is but one Inch without the Al- 
veolus, throughout its whole extent, on the outer fide 3 and on its 
inner, ’tis one Inch Protuberant at its fore, and two inches at its 
back-part ; whereas that on the Left fide is only one Inch Protu- 
berant before on the outfirje, and ; Inches behind, where it forms 
a kind of Angie, as it is join d with the hind Tooth 3 and on the 
outfide’tisf inch Protuberant before, and 2 Inches behind. The 
Tooth on the Right Side ( ?.) grinds with that of the lower Jaw, 
throughout its whole extent 3 wh easthat of the Left, after it 
has run back 6 Inches, runs up with an half round Surface two 
Inches ( 5.) before ’tis join’d with the hind Tooth. It would feem., 
that this difference betwixt the Shape, Situation, and Dimenfions 
of the Right Tooth from the Left is not lingular here, for Dr. 
Moullns doth likewife take notice of it, in that which dy’d at 
Dublin ; for he fays, ‘ The length of the 1 eeth of the Right Up- 
4 per Jaw 13 4 Inches, but that of the oppofite was but 3 : 1 he 
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