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is of a somewhat deep brown ; the limhs short and 

 thick; the feet very large, and rather rounded: 

 the lure feet have four toes, and the hind three; 

 all the toes are covered with a hard, thick hoof, or 

 horn. Though the head is very large it contains 

 but a very small brain : the jaws are much elon- 

 gated, and furnMicd. in 'jvneral, >s it h forty teeth; 

 but sometimes there are more, and sometimes 

 fewer. The incisors are sharp-edged, and are the 

 teeth which vary as to number. After the in- 

 CJMM-S \ve find a canine tooth on each side, both 

 above and below, which have a good deal of 

 resemblance to those of a Hoar: \\e then find ;i 

 small space or interval without teeth; and then 

 follow the grinders, which arc very i with 



MTV broad surfaces." 



" On opening this animal," says M. Bajon, 

 " the first thing that struck me was, that it was a 

 ruminating animal. Though the feet and teeth 

 1m c no analogy with those of other ruminating 

 nnimaU, \< t the Tapir or Maipouris has three 

 ccptaclcs or stomachs, which are commonly full; 

 and especially the first, which is filled like a bal- 

 loon. This stomach answer to the first stomach 

 of an Ox, but here the cancellated or honey-comb 

 part i> not distinct, lmt the two parts form one 

 cavity : the second or next stomach is the plaited 

 or laminated one, which is also ver derable, 



and much resembles th < ;th this dif- 



ference, that tin- laminae or plaits are much small- 

 :.(! the roaN much thinner: lastly, the third 

 ich is the least, and the thinnest, and has 



v. ii. p. n. 30 



