TO THE COURT OF AVA. 
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larity connected with the formation of the teeth, 
and the consequent falling in of the cheeks. On 
inspecting the mouth, it was discovered that 
he had in the lower jaw but five teeth, namely, 
the four incisors and the left canine; and in the 
upper but four, the two outer ones of which 
partook of the canine form. The molares, or 
grinders, were of course totally wanting. The 
gums, where they should have been, were a hard 
fleshy ridge, and, judging from appearances, 
there was no alveolar process. The few teeth he 
had were sound, but rather small; and he had 
never lost any from disease. He stated, that he 
did not shed his infantine teeth till he was twenty 
years of age, when they were succeeded in the 
usual manner by the present set. He also ex¬ 
pressly asserted, that he never had any molares ; 
and that he experienced no inconvenience from 
the want of them. 
The features of this individual were regular 
and good for a Burmese. The intellectual facul¬ 
ties were by no means deficient; on the con¬ 
trary, he was a person of very good sense, and 
his intelligence appeared to us to be rather above 
than below the ordinary Burmese standard. 
He gave the following account of the manner 
in which the hairy covering made its appear¬ 
ance. At his birth his ears alone were covered 
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