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These verses describe the behemoth's places 

 of shelter and repose, and, in such places, in 

 general, are his bones found in America at 

 this day. 



" Behold he drinketh up a river, and hast- 

 cth not ; he trusteth that he can draw up 

 Jordan into his mouth." 



What is here said seems to convey a sub- 

 lime idea of the lofty stature, great force, and 

 intrepidity of the behemoth. 



" Behold a river overfioweth, yet he mak- 

 eth not haste ; although Jordan break out 

 against his mouth, he is in security." 



I may remark in this passage, that the com 

 mon height of the elephant is 10 ft. and a half. 

 There were some in the stables of Coarees, 

 King of Persia, twelve cubits high. A credi- 

 ble traveller, Sir T. Roe, assures us, that in 

 Indostan he had seen some that were at least 

 1 2 ft. high, and was informed, that there were 

 others 14 or 15 ft. in height. The elephant, 

 therefore, can ford most rivers. The Jordan 

 is here mentioned, not av frequented by ele- 



