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large and capacious in proportion to his face, 

 and being arched as it descends,* gives a pe- 

 culiar aspect as it tapers off towards the Probo- 

 scis, more particularly when combined, (as we 

 have just observed,) with broad, pendulous 

 ears, comparatively small eyes, and a half 

 concealed mouth, thrown into the back ground 

 by the prominence of the tusks and proboscis. 



Like the other animals belonging to this order, 

 the Elephant has no incisors, or front teeth, but 

 usually four large molars, or cheek teeth in each 

 jaw, two in each side, closely united together, 

 and forming with the jaw bone, apparently one 

 compact mass of considerable bulk and weight. 

 His lower jaw is without canine teeth, but this 

 deficiency is amply made up by those which 

 issue on each side from the upper jaw, which, 

 projecting out from below the base of the pro- 

 boscis, like horns with curled fibres, add much 

 to the peculiarity of the external appearance 

 of the Animal. These tusks in the full grown 

 Elephant, are from five to eight feet in length, 

 and weigh from one hundred to a hundred and 

 fifty pounds each ; and as they form the best 

 Ivory of the shops, they are considered, in a com- 

 mercial view, of great value. 



But the most interesting and most important 

 part of this animal, is his proboscis or trunk, 



* We allude to the African Elephant. 



