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and dole to the incïfors'. There are'.three' cufpidatij the
middle one- the largeft, the laft the leaft ; thefe.are cones
(landing on their bafe* but nqt on the middle, rather on thé
anterior fide. There are four grinders^ the two middle the
largeft, and rather quadrangular, each- of which has a ;high
point or cone on the outer edge, with a.fmaller, and three
more diminutive.on the inner edge. -It isjrimpoflible to fay
critically, what the various forms of thefe teeth are adapted
for from the general principles of- teeth. In-"the ffont we
have what may divide and tear o ff; behind thefe, there are
1 ' holders ^or deftroyers* behind the latter* fiich as. w-iU affift-in
mafhing, as the grinders of the lion, and other carniverous
animals; and laft of all, grinders, to divide parts into fmallcr
portions, as in the graminiverous tribe: the articulation of
the jaw in feme degree admits of all thofe motions.
