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sities were discoverable on the head, which render that of the unicorn- 

 rhinoceros so hideous, but which do not exist in that of the bicorn of the 

 Cape. It appeared also, that the hairs were very abundant on the feet, 

 whilst none exist on these parts of the rhinoceros of the Indies or of the 

 Cape. 



The existence of the fossil remains of the hippopotamus has not been 

 so generally admitted as those even of the rhinoceros. M. Faujas St. 

 Fond, who is eager to establish the eastern origin of our fossil remains, is 

 of opinion that the hippopotamus, which he believes to be an animal not 

 known in the East Indies, has not been found among the fossil remains 

 of animals in this part of the world. This opinion he founds, on his never 

 having seen any of the fossil remains of this animal in the several mu- 

 seums he visited in England, Scotland. Holland, France, and elsewhere; 

 and in finding no mention of them in the accounts of different travellers, 

 or in the writings of those authors which have treated of the fossil remains 

 of the larger quadrupeds. 



In Daubenton's department of the Natural History of Buffon, it is 

 observed by St. Fond, that a report is given of several fossil teeth of the 

 hippopotamus, which were in the Museum of Natural History of Paris; 

 but that, upon examination, these teeth appeared to be teeth of the mam- 

 moth, or of the animal of Simorre. 



On the other hand, M. Cuvier, on examining the teeth mentioned by 

 Daubenton, found two of them to be actually the teeth of the hippopo- 

 tamus; and although he found that Lang, Rome de PIsle, Camper, 

 Merck, and others, had mistaken the teeth of other animals for those of 

 the hippopotamus, he found that Antoine de Jussieu, Mem. de L'Acad. 

 1724, had undoubtedly described the fossil remains of this animal, as 

 found in Montpellier, at a place called La Mosson. On further exa- 

 mination, it was clearly ascertained, that these fossils came from Lan- 

 guedoc, where other remains of this animal were also found, sufficiently 

 proving the existence of the fossil remains of this animal. 



From the account also of M. Fabbroni, Director of the Roval Cabinet 



