ON THE BONES 0E THE HIPPOPOTAMUS. 413 



The two first have 0,018 in length and breadth : their crown is 0,01 

 high : the third is of the same length as the foregoing, but it is only 

 0,014 broad. 



The enamel of these teeth, is of a reddish tint, and is still very bril- 

 liant. 



Their shape, as we may observe, bears a strong resemblance to those 

 of the hippopotamus ; however, I must state with respect to them, as 

 with respect to those of Nantes, that we must await the discover) 7 of 

 some other bones before coming to any definitive judgment. 



Au additional circumstance, which causes me to pause, is, that be- 

 sides the teeth of the crocodile, there were some sharp incisors found 

 in the same spot ; which, if they belonged to the same jaws as these 

 teeth, would indicate a much closer affinity between this animal and 

 one of the genera which I discovered at Montmartre, and which I shall 

 describe in the ensuing portion of this work. 



