This circumstance, and the peculiar pattern of the upper molars in Cainotherium, lead me to hesitate in considering it as the actual ancestor of the modern Tragulidoe.

When the first permanent molar, which should appear in the upper arch in its usual position between the sixth or eighth years, does not, there has been a prenatal disturbance of the pituitary, according to Chayes and others.

[Footnote 3: I am indebted to M. Gervais for a specimen which indicates that the fibula was complete, at any rate, in some cases; and for a very interesting ramps of a mandible, which shows that, as in the Paloeotheria, the hindermost milk-molar of the lower jaw was devoid of the posterior lobe which exists in the hindermost true molar.

Temporary teeth: A, central incisors; B lateral incisors; C, canines; D, anterior molars; E, posterior molars Permanent teeth: F, central incisors; H, lateral incisors; K, canines; L, first bicuspids; M, second biscuspids; N, first molars ]

"Is it not the ultimate molar?" Said the barber quite as grandly.

Temporary teeth: A, central incisors; B lateral incisors; C, canines; D, anterior molars; E, posterior molars Permanent teeth: F, central incisors; H, lateral incisors; K, canines; L, first bicuspids; M, second biscuspids; N, first molars ]

Mr. Brown leaned forward, a sickening smile of sneering superiority curling about his yellow molars.

Somebody in the Old Country discovered, with the aid of a hint or two, that the tooth (exact molar not specified) of the General Staff Officer 3 was sweet.

There are two false molars, two grinders above, and the same number below.