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elevation of the right ear was much diminished 

 in drying ; but it was confpicuous on the left. 



We know that the ears of the hippopotamus 

 are very fmall. But thofe of our fubjecl: had 

 been confiderably diminifhed by infecls. The 

 internal part of the ears is garnifhed with fine 

 clofe hair ; but there is very little hair on the 

 outfide. 



The eyes muft have been very fmall ; for the 

 fockets were uncommonly fmall in proportion to 

 the magnitude of the animal. The eyes I placed 

 in my fubjecl: are perhaps larger than nature ; 

 but, when I ufed fmaller ones, they did not feem 

 to correfpond with the animal. 



The noftrils Hope downward, and have a fmall 

 aperture. They are afterwards joined internally 

 by a fmall crooked line. When the fkin was 

 dry, it was difficult to perceive thefe tubes. I 

 enlarged them a little before the fkin was again 

 dried. 



I muft here remark, that I enly found thirty- 

 two teeth in this hippopotamus, which accords 

 not either with Zerenghi's or M. Daubenton's 

 defcriptions. The firft fays, that he found forty- 

 four teeth in his fubjects ; and thefecond found 

 thirty-fix in the head preferved in the Royal 

 Cabinet. This difference excited my attention : 

 But I could perceive no marks of teeth having 

 fallen out, except one of the cuttingteeth, which 

 feemed to have been broken. There are four 

 canine teeth placed perpendicularly, eight cut- 

 ting teeth, four in the upper jaw, which are per- 



U 2 pendicular, 



