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Tab. VI. 
Fig. 1 . Exhibits the left side of the lower jaw, of nearly its 
natural size, with the plate of the interior side removed, to 
show the first, second, and third succeeding grinders in situ. 
A. The condyloid process. 
B. The coronoid process. 
C. The symphysis of the lower jaw. 
D. The anterior or milk grinder, the body of which consists 
of four laminae ; of these, the three foremost had cut the gum. 
EE. The two fangs, nearly completed, but still hollow at 
the points. 
F. The canal for lodging the blood-vessels. 
G. The canal for the passage of the larger blood-vessels that 
supplied the jaw and teeth, extending from below the root of 
the second grinder to where the interior plate of the jaw has 
been removed. 
HH. The second grinder, no part of which had cut the 
gum ; it consists of nine teeth. 
I. The fang common to the three anterior ones, partly 
formed. 
K. The bony lamella or incipient roots, partly added to the 
next three teeth. 
LLL. The three posterior .teeth or laminae, which were not 
united to the anterior ones when the animal died. 
MM. The third succeeding grinder, consisting of thirteen 
laminae or rudiments of future teeth : it remains within the 
bony socket, and, except the two anterior laminae, all the rest 
have no adhesion. 
N. The alveolar process behind the grinder MM: it does 
