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ALL the places that can be kissed are also the places that can be bitten, except the upper lip, the
interior of the mouth, and the eyes.
The qualities of good teeth are as follows: They should be equal, possessed of a pleasing brightness,
capable of being coloured, of proper proportions, unbroken, and with sharp ends.
The defects of teeth on the other hand are that they are blunt, protruding from the gums, rough, soft,
large, and loosely set.
The following are the different kinds of biting:
The hidden bite
The swollen bite
The point
The line of points
The coral and the jewel
The line of jewels
The broken cloud
The biting of the boar
The biting, which is shown only by the excessive redness of the skin that is bitten, is called the
`hidden bite'.
When the skin is pressed down on both sides, it is called the `swollen bite'.
When a small portion of the skin is bitten with two teeth only, it is called the `point'.
When such small portions of the skin are bitten with all the teeth, it is called the `line of points'.
The biting, which is done by bringing together the teeth and the lips, is called the `coral and the
jewel'. The lip is the coral, and the teeth the jewel.
When biting is done with all the teeth, it is called the `line of jewels'.
The biting, which consists of unequal risings in a circle, and which comes from the space between
the teeth, is called the `broken cloud'. This is impressed on the breasts.
The biting, which consists of many broad rows of marks near to one another, and with red intervals,
is called the `biting of a boar'. This is impressed on the breasts and the shoulders; and these two last
modes of biting are peculiar to persons of intense passion.
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