KATV*ALIST'$ CABINET. 



breadth : the liver, when measured horn rk 

 left, u *< three fret and a halt* in breadth, and 

 bout thirty inches deep, as it hangs in die ani- 

 mal's body when in a stand iv nu The 



cavit v in the skull, which contained the brains 

 mas, however, but small ; being only six inch** 

 Ittag and four deep, 



The Hottentots ascribe many medicinal virtues 



to \hedried blood of the rhinoceros, and someof 



them appear remarkably fond of its de*h, 



iwrd and full of sinews. 



THE HlPPOPm 



THIS animal, when full-grown, is equal, OIL 

 sometimes superior in sire to the rhinoceros ; 

 being sometimes round to measure* noa 

 teet in kngth, and nine in cireumferenee. 

 form is very uncouth, the body being extremely 

 targe, round, and clumsy; the legs very short 

 and thick; the head large; the mouth prodi- 

 giously wide> and disproportionabk ; the 

 and ears small 5 and the tail about a toot long, 

 taper, and sparingly scattered with hair, lire 

 whole animal \i with short hair, thinly 



set, and is of a brownish colour. The hide, 

 which bears some resemblance to that of a hog, 

 i> in some parts two inches thick, and sumciently 

 heavy to load a camel. 



From the uawkldinfisi of hk body and the 



