AMERK AN TAMK. 



on 1) /fd, in order \n be |>ut on board a vct- 



scl, to In- brought over to l.uropc, as soon as it 

 was on bo-ird became so uiunana'. I not to 



be confined, breaking the very sii ds with 



which it was tied; and throwing itselt' o\ < i board, 

 escaped to .sliore, and u<>t to a considerable dis- 

 tance from the to\uj. It was supposed to be 

 but returned into the town in the e\en- 

 inu". .\> it was determined to rcimhurk it, i^reat 

 precautions were taken accordingly; but which 

 only sueeeedcd for a certain tii lm inr the 



about half way between Anieiiea and 

 IVanec, a storm ha^ening to arise, it became 

 ii outra^eou-. broke its bonds, and rushing 

 out of its |>lace of confinement, committed itself 

 to the ocean, and was never recovered. 



1'ioin the above history of the Tapir it will suf- 

 ficiently appear, that, though ranked under a dis- 

 tinct LM -nu>. this animal has in some partieul.r 

 eonsideiable atHnity to the Hippopotamus. 



