I l.v IV. 131 



rill. I!' ill. ollimon or - III ! |)O| : iCg : 



it is also certain lliat tin- li nn LTACII in Mr. 

 Him '- uoi-k is absolutely a ropy from IJuiluii's 

 fl of the common Rhinoceros, with tin- addi- 

 tion m< r Iv of a second horn. Jt < -i liow- 

 I.||)U from this rirt un. that Mr. 

 Urine's li^up. j.tis*-, ami it is si;. 

 no improbable circnnM mofi lluit the ctunni"n 

 Rhinoceros may vary with a double horn ; in 

 uhirh ( ase Mr. Bruce, knowing Button's figure 

 to In- correct, nn^ht have thought it unneces- 

 sary to be at the trouble of causing a com- 

 pletely new figure to be executed. 



I must add, that Mr. Bruce's description of 

 the manners or habits of the animal, i> an in- 

 teresting and even a sublime composition; and 

 'oinmend it to all uho \\ish for an ani- 

 mated account of so extraordinary a quadruped. 

 The jjenus called Tapir consists of a single 

 -nly, and is di>tini,ui>hrd by having mi- 

 men.u.N teeth, amounting in all to no fewer than 

 J'<irty-t\io: namely six iront or cutting-teeth above 

 and IM lo\\ ; two canine-teeth aho\.- and below, 

 and tu.nty-siv: grinders: the nose is lengthened 

 out into :i short proboscis -nd the feet are ea< h 



