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Order II. — Thick-skinned Quadrupeds. 



Pachydermata.* 



The relationship between the Whales and the 

 Elephant is not very remote ; the bulky head, the 

 ofiant size, the thick and naked skin, the prolonged 

 tusks, and the strago-ling irregularity of the teeth, 

 are alike indicative of the aquatic Cetaceans and of 

 the marsh-loving Pachyderms, that next offer them- 

 selves to our notice. 



tio. 4x7.— ^^Al;l-Il<x,, fndi VN khinoclko-, and un i i>-hoi..>i . 



These animals are remarkable for the thickness of 

 their skin, and for having their toes enclosed in 

 hoofs. They have a single stomach, and do not 



* Tvaxvs, pacliys, thicic ; dsp/jia, derma, the skin — thick-skinned. 



