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of the form and figure of the whale. The position 

 and structure of the mouth enable it to browze upon 

 the fuci and submarine algae like a cow in a meadow, 

 and the whole structure of the masticating and 

 digestive organs, shows it to be truly herbivorous. 

 It never comes on the land, or into fresh water, but 

 frequents shallow inlets of the sea of two or three 

 fathoms depth. The length of the dugong is eight 

 or nine feet, and the flesh, when cooked, entirely 

 resembles young and excellent beef. 



The Walrus. 



It is curious, that the hind feet of the enormous 

 animal the walrus, are constructed (like the feet of 

 the fly and other animals that walk against gravity,) 

 upon a mechanism that resembles cupping-glasses, 

 to enable it to adhere to the slippery rocks, which it 

 is obliged to climb. 



Hycenas. 



It is quite impossible to mistake the jaw of any 

 species of hyaena for that of the wolf or tiger kind ; 

 the latter having only three molar teeth in the lower 

 iaw, and the former seven, whilst all the hyaena tribe 

 have four. 



Modern hyaenas, when in captivity, eat up parts 

 of their own bodies, especially their fore and 

 hind feet and legs, by gnawing and sucking them. 

 The monkey tribe also, when in confinement, are 

 subject to a sort of itching, which induces them to 

 nibble their extremities, especially their tails, so as 

 ultimately to occasion mortification and death. 



The Rhinoceros 1 Horn. 



The Rhinoceros' horn is supposed by the Persians, 

 Arabians, and other Asiatics, to sweat on the approach 

 of poison, a quality which fitted it for being the 

 drinking cup of an Eastern king. The emperor 



