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The characters in the 40th cha)^. of Job, 

 from the 1 6th verse to the end, appear highly 

 appiical)le to a distinguished order of the 

 elephant. 



" Behold now behemoth, ;w^hicli I made 

 with thee ; he eateth grass as an ox.',' 



The simile, as an ox, leads one to suppose 

 some analogy in form. Accordingly the Ro- 

 mans called it Bos Luca, the Lucanian beeve ; 

 Lucania being that part of Italy into which 

 Pyrrhus, in his war with the Romans brought 

 them, and where the Romans first saw this 

 creature. 



" Ln now, his strength is in his loins, and 

 his force in the navel of his belly. 



" He moveth his tail like a cedar ; the si- 

 news of his thighs are wrapped together. 



" His bones are as strong as pieces of brass ; 

 his bones are like bars of iron." 



This description is too strong for any other 

 animal than the elephant ; no other can enter 

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