<z$2 THE HIPPOPOTAMUS. 



Ion's defcriptlon is very erroneous : He gives 

 to this animal the teeth of the horfe, which 

 would lead us to think, contrary to his own 

 aflertions, that he had never {een it ; for the 

 teeth of the hippopotamus are very large and 

 very fingular. . . . To remove every uncer- 

 tainty,' continues Zerenghi, ' I here give the 

 figure of the female hippopotamus with all the 

 dimeniions and proportions of the body and 

 members, drawn exactly according to nature. 

 4 The length of this hippopotamus, from the 

 extremity of the upper lip to the origin of the 

 tail, is nearly eleven feet two inches *. 



* The circumference of the body is about ten 



feet. 



4 The height, from the fole of the foot to the 

 top of the back, is four feet five inches. 



* The circumference of the legs, near the 

 fhoulders, is two feet nine inches, and, when 

 taken lower, one foot nine inches and a half. 



* The height of the legs, from the fole of the 

 foot to the breaft, is one foot ten inches and a 

 half. 



4 The length of the feet from the extremity 

 ' of the nails, is about four inches and a half/ 

 Not a. I have here taken a mean between Ze- 

 renghi's two meafures for the length of the feet. 



* The nails, or divifions of the hoof, are as 

 1 long as they are broad, being two inches and 



* two lines. 



4 Each 



* This and the following meafures are all Paris feet and 

 inches, 



