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THE TRAVELS OF
the back riſes to an arch: it is of a darkiſh colour and very much ſeamed: on each ſide of it's jaws, within the mouth are four teeth or grinders; and two teeth which project outwards: in the male, they are ſtronger and thicker; in the ſemale, they are ſharper and ſmaller: both male and female uſe one, which is ſharp as a defenſive weapon, and the other, which is blunted, to grub up trees and plants for food. The teeth of the male ſometimes grow to the length of ten feet, and have been known to weigh three hundred pounds each: the teeth of the female, though leſs, are the moſt valuable ivory. They naturally ſhed their teeth once in ten years, and bury them
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