AllEKK AN I API 



til pointed ho< !mc 



>hut, ihiekMi, an d p, 

 1 to l>e destitute of the 

 boscis . 



In itN in mix is tliis animal i . in- 



: endeavouring merdj --Ifbyi. 



.id, plunging into some ii\ 

 liand, ami swimming \\itl readiness, and 



intinuing tor ;i considerable time i: 

 r. in the mann< r -iJ' the Hippoj.oi 'Hie 



sir ! easily tamed, and mav lie ixndeied <lo- 



> said to be the ease in some pan 

 ma. Iii t'ei-din^ the Tapir makes use ot* the 

 trunk in the same manner as the Rhinoceros of 

 its upper lip, to grasp the stems or'planK k. 



Its most common attitude, when at rest, i> 

 sitting on its rump, in the ir.unmr of a dog. 



The Tapir lias been o illy imported alive 



into Kunipe. Tin . ( d by the South 



Ann .is a wholesome food, though not 



pleasant or delicate, and the skin 

 a strong leath 



the Indian-, make shields ot ir. wliieh are said to be 

 iid that an arrow cannot pierce them. 'J his 

 animal >leeps much by d.ty in the 



the Indians v. ith 



d arrows. When at la- said 



.orous resist e is 



It is thtM described ami Bgurod by Mr. Allinund. but Mocu. 

 Sonnini, in bis edilion of Buffoo, U tnchnol to doubt thb circum- 



