Excerpt from The Tertiary of Montana The anterior alveolus is the largest, is nearly circular, and appears to have held a canine tooth. It extends backward and outward toward the orbit. Its posi tion is indicated by a curved ridge on the maxillary. The second and third alveoli are nearly equal in size but the fourth, fifth, and sixth diminish in size posteriorly, the last containing a minute tooth. The second, third, and fourth alveoli appear to be antero-internally and postero-externally oblique and it appears on the outside of the maxillary that the roots 'of the second and third extend obliquely backward in the same direction as the supposed canine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.