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rather to be made for going than for swimming ; for 

 in the night time it eateth both hay and fruit, forraging 

 into corn-fields and devouring whatsoever cometh in 

 the way ; and therefore I thought it fit to be inserted 

 into this story. As for the sea-calf, which cometh 

 sometimes to land only to take sleep, I did not judge 

 it to belong to this discourse, because it feedeth only 

 in the water/' (I presume that Topsel here refers to 

 the manatee.) 



" The picture was taken out of the Colossus in the 

 Vatican at Rome, representing the river Nilus, and 

 eating of a crocodile ; and thus I reserve the further 

 discourse of this beast unto the History of Fishes, 

 adding only thus much, that it ought to be no wonder 

 to consider such monsters to come out of the sea 

 which resemble horses in their heads, seeing therein 

 are also creatures like unto grapes and swords." 



One of the most remarkable points about the Hippo- 

 potamus is its extreme activity when roused to exer- 

 tion. Under ordinary circumstances it is slow, sluggish, 

 and leisurely in its movements, and has a very great 

 predilection for lying down on shore, or floating 

 motionless on the water. But when roused, its tons 

 of flesh seem to be no impediment, and the huge 

 beast flies as nimbly about as an enraged cat. 



The rapidity of its movements on shore has been 

 well shown by the large female Hippopotamus in the 

 Zoological Gardens, against whose fury a variety of 

 precautions have to be taken that seem scarcely neces- 

 sary when the vast body and short legs of the animal 

 are taken into consideration. 



The rhinoceros, an animal closely allied to the 



