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The flesh of the Hippopotamus is tender and 

 good : the fat is fine and well-tasted, and much in 

 request w T ith the colonists at the Cape, who look 

 upon it as the most wholesome meat that can be 

 eaten : the gelatinous part of the feet in particular 

 is accounted a great delicacy: the tongue, when 

 dried, is also considered at the Cape as a rare and 

 excellent dish. 



Sparrman has given an engraving of this animal, 

 taken from a young one which he caught at the 

 Cape, and from which ours is copied. The sub- 

 joined cut, representing the head of the male, is 

 taken from Vaillant's Travels in Africa. The 

 female brings forth one young at a time. 



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