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08 THE HIPPOPOTAMUS. 



pcndicular, and four in ihe under jaw, placed 

 horizontally, as may be feen in the figure. Be- 

 fides, I found two grinders in each fide of the 

 under jaw, and three teeth, placed before the 

 grinders, which had the form of kayles. In 

 each fide of the upper jaw, were three grinders, 

 and two of thefe cylindrical teeth. Between 

 thefe cylindrical teeth, there is a fpace of about 

 half an inch. 



[I mud here remark, fays the Count de BufFon, 

 that the hippopotamus has commonly thirty-fix 

 teeth, namely, four cutting teeth above, and four 

 below, and two canine teeth and twelve grinders 

 in each jaw. This obfervation has been verified 

 by three heads, which have long remained in 

 the Royal Cabinet, and by a fourth head, which 

 was tranfmitted to me in the month of Decem- 

 ber 1775, by M. de Sartine, fecretary of ftate to 

 the marine department. The laft grinder, at 

 the bottom of the mouth, is much thicker, broad- 

 er, and flatter on the edge, than the other five. 

 But I am inclined to think that the number of 

 grinders varies according to the age of the ani- 

 mal ; and that, inllead of twenty-four, we may 

 fometimes find twenty-eight, and even thirty- 

 two, which, as Zerenghi remarks, would make 

 forty-four in all.] 



The upper and under lips, continues DrKlocfc- 

 ncr, are garnifhed, at considerable diftances, with 

 fmall tufts of hair, which, like pencils, proceed 

 from one tube. I counted about twenty of them. 



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