306 THE HIPPOPOTAMUS. 



When I diluted the head it f welled greatly. 

 The opening of the mouth was more than fix- 

 teen inches of Amfterdam meafure *. The up- 

 per and under lips were fufficiently large to co- 

 ver all the animal's teeth, efpecially as the infe- 

 rior canine teeth are crooked, and flip along the 

 curvature of the fuperior, in the form of iciflars, 

 and pals into a focket formed by the fkin of the 

 lip and the gums. Between the cutting teeth 

 and the cylindrical grinders, as well as between 

 the tongue and cutting teeth, there is a fmooth 

 hard fkin ; and the palate is full of notches or 

 hollows. The tongue had been cut out. . . . 

 The flefh on each fide of the head had alfo been 

 removed ; and the fat which remained was cor- 

 rupted. The whole, however, was interfperfeJ 

 with very ftrong mufcles, and the flefh about 

 the two lips was red and white, or of the colour 

 of an ox's tongue. 



Immediately behind the inferior canine teeth, 

 there is a protuberance, which, when the mouth 

 is (hut, fills the fpace between the canine teeth 

 and grinders. This opening, though filled, has 

 contracted one half in drying, as well as the lips. 

 Under the ears, and around the auditory paf- 

 fage, which is remarkably final], as well as in 

 the orbits of the eyes, there was a great quanti- 

 ty of fat. 



The ears are placed upon an eminence, and 

 in fuch a manner as to form circular folds. The 



elevation 



* The Amfterdam foot is only ten inches five lines Of the 

 French foot. 



