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which was indeed very large, and straitened or 

 contracted in two places, but was still a single 



us, a simple uniform stomach, opening into 

 the duodenum, and not consisting of three distinct 

 and separate stomachs, as represented in M. Ba- 

 jon's account. Yet it is not astonishing that he 

 should have fallen into this error, since one of the 

 most celebrated anatomists in Europe, Dr. Tyson, 

 of the Royal Society of London, fell into a similar 



T in dissecting the Peccari orTajassu of Ame- 

 rica, of which he has yet given an excellent de- 

 scription in the Philosophical Transactions. Tyson 

 assures us, as M. Bajon does witli respect to the 

 Tapir, that the Peccari has three stomachs, though 

 ii really has but one, parted a little, like that of 

 the Tapir, by two strictures or contractions, 

 which seem, at first, to indicate three stomachs. 

 It is therefore certain that the Tapir has only 

 one stomach, and that it is not a ruminating ani- 

 mal ; and accordingly that now under considera- 

 tion was never seen to ruminate during the time 

 <t its living here; and its keepers ted it with 

 bread, grain, &c. This mistake of M. Bajon does 

 not prevent us from acknowledging that his me- 

 moir contains many excellent observations and 

 remarks. The i'emale. lie observes, is always small- 



..;in the male, and has a weaker or less pierc- 

 ing voice. ( )ne of the females which he dissected 

 was >i.\ French feet in length, and appeared n 

 to have produced young; ito teats were tu 

 number, and resembled those of the ass. The Ta- 

 pir is far from deserving the name of an amphi- 





