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TEETH OF ANIMALS. . 
hoofs. Can’t be carnivorous: impossible !’ 
and coolly lay down again and went to 
sleep.” 
“ I wonder if that is true,” said Daisy, 
who was a notorious coward. “ I don’t be¬ 
lieve it is. Do you, aunt?” 
“ Indeed, my dear, I cannot say. Baron 
Cuvier was a very great and good man, and 
would not be likely to be alarmed by any 
such foolish device. At any rate, the an¬ 
swer was a very good one, and, as Dick says, 
it illustrates our subject very well. But to 
return to the teeth of our cats. All animals 
of the feline family have six cutting or in¬ 
cisor teeth above and below, two canine 
teeth in each jaw, and the molar teeth are 
eight in the upper jaw and six in the lower, 
—making thirty teeth in all. This dental 
formula would be expressed thus:” and Miss 
Winston wrote it on a small porcelain slate 
and held it up for inspection. It read as fol¬ 
lows:—Incisors, |: Canines, hi; Molars, f:f. 
“The numbers above the line show the upper 
teeth, those below the lower, and the sepa¬ 
ration shows how many there are on each 
side. It would be well for you to remember 
