278 THE HIPPOPOTAMUS. 



ved on the F.pyptian obelifks, and on the Roman 

 medals; yet he was very imperfectly known to 

 the ancients. Ariftotlc * fpeaks of this animal 



in 



Hippopotamus ; Belcn. ohf. de la nature de poijfons, p. 1 7. 

 Gefncr. quad. p. 493. Radzivil iter HierofoL p. 142. Raii SynopJ. 

 quad. p. 123. Fab. Columna, aqua t. p. 28. Aldrov. de quad, digit, 

 vivip. p. 181. 



River horfe; Grew's mujeimi, p. 14. tab. I. Ludolph JEtbiop. 

 p. 60. 



Cheropotamus et hippopotamus ; Profp. Alp- Egyp. bift. nat. 

 lib. 4. p. 246. tab. 23. 



Sea ox; Lobo Abyfjin. p. 105. Kolben's Cape, vol. 2. p. 129. 



Sea horfe f Leo Afric. p. 344. Dampier's voy. vol. 2. p. 104. 

 Adanfotfs voy. p. 133. Moore's voy. to Gambia, p. 105. 188. 216. 



River paard; Routtuyn Nat. hijl. vol. 3. p. 405. tab. 28. 



Water elephant; Barbot, voy. to Guiney, p. 113. 173. 



Hippopotamus amphibius, pedibus quadrilobis; Linn. fyji. 

 nat. p. 10 1. Hajfelquijl. iter, p. 201. Klein, quad. p. 34. Brif- 

 Jon. quad. p. 83. 



Hippopotamo ; La vera defcriptione dell hippopota??io, auclore 

 Federico Zerenghi da Kami, medico Chirurgico in Napoli, 1603. 

 p. 67. Note. This defcription of the hippopotamus makes a 

 part of an abridgement of furgery, compofed by the fame au- 

 thor, on the 65th page of which is the particular title above: 

 quoted. This imall work, which is both original and excellent, 

 k at the fame time fo rare, as not to be mentioned by any 

 naturalifts. The figure was drawn from a female hippopo- 

 tamus. 



* Equo fiuviatili, quern gignit Egyptus, juba equi, ungula 

 qualis bubus, rcftrum refimum. Talus etiam inert; bifulco- 

 rum modo ; dentcs exerti fed leviter ; cauda apri, vox equi, 

 magnitude aiini, tergoris craffitudo tanta ut ex eo vtnabula 

 faciant, i uteri ora omnia equi et afini fimilia ; Arijl. Hijl. anim. 



lib. 2. cap. 7. Natura etiam equi fluviatilis ita conltat, 



Bt vivere nifi in humore non poflit ; Idem. lib. 8. cap. 24. 



Note. The hippopotamus has no mane, like the horfe ; and 



hoofs are not divided into two, but into four. His tufktf 



appear 



