446 THE SOOSOO. 
down, the creature is unable to interlock them rightly, as the narrow portion of the teeth has 
been ground down, and the interstices are too narrow to receive the wide stumps. The name 
of Blunt-toothed Dolphin has been given to this animal on account of the supposed normal 
shape of the teeth. The lower jaw of this species projects rather beyond the upper. 
BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN.—Dedphinus turs.o. 
THERE is a curious animal belonging to this family, which inhabits the Ganges, and is 
known by the name of the Soosoo. 
SOOSO0O.—Platanista gangetica. 
It is remarkable for the curious shape of its ‘‘beak,”’ which is long, slender, compressed at 
the sides, and is larger at the extremity than in the middle. The number of its teeth is about 
one hundred and twenty. It is a swift and powerful, but at the same time a sluggish animal, 
appearing to partake largely of the curious mixture of sloth and energy which is found in the 
huge lizards that frequent the same river, and never caring to exert itself except in chase of its 
