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The teeth. In the upper jaw there arc no teeth, but 
two bones placed lengthways in the 
palate ; in them are fixed feveral 
fin all teeth, generally about ten : they 
fharp, of an equal length, and bend 
a little towards the throat. On the 
hides of the under jaw, near the fnout, 
are placed three or four teeth ; but 
none quite in the fore part or hinder 
part. 
The horns. Juft above the eyes, near the upper part 
of their orbit, are two tentacula, 
which we call horns, about a quarter 
of an inch long ; they are not ftraight, 
but bend a little outwards ; they are 
channelled lengthways, fharp-point- 
ed, but not very hard ; their bafis is 
furrounded with a circle of fmall eredt 
fades. 
The body is-narrow towards the neck; the diame- 
ter of the thickeft part of the mid- 
dle about one inch ; the tail grows 
fuddenly taper, and ends in a fharp 
point. 
The colour. The top of the head, the back, and 
upper part of the tail, are variegated 
with large irregular fpots, of a bright 
ochry colour, or reddifh brown ; the 
throat, belly, and under part of the 
tail, are whitifh. 
The length of this fpecimen (fee Tab. XIV.) is as 
follows; from thenofe to the anus 22 4. 
Vol . LVI. P p inches, 
