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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.— Ddphinua turs.o. 



There is a curious animal belonging to this family, which inhabits the Ganges, and is 

 known by the name of the Soosoo. 



SOOSOO.— Plalanista 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 



