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and his roice terrible. His stature is not overgrown, like that of 

 the elephant, or rhinoceros ; nor is his shape clumsy, like that of 

 the hippopotamus, or the ox. It is compact, well proportioned, 

 and sizeable : a perfect model of strength joined with agility. It 

 is muscular and bold, neither charged with fat nor unnecessary 

 flesh. It is sufficient but to see him in order to be assured of his 

 superior force. His large head surrounded with a dreadful mane ; 

 Ul those muscles that appear under the skin swelling with the 



slightest exertions; and the great breadth of his paws, with the 

 thickness of his limbs, plainly evince that no other animal in the 

 forest is capable of opposing him. He has a very broad face, that, 

 as some have imagined, resembles the human. It is surrounded 

 with long hair, which gives it a very majestic air. The top of the 

 head, the temples, the cheeks, the under-jaw, the neck, the breast, 

 the . shoulder, the hinder part of the legs, and the belly, are fur- 

 nished with it, while all the rest of the body is covered with a 

 rery short hair of a tawny color. 



The length of the hair in many parts, and the shortness of 



