THE HIPPOPOTAME. 



Generic Characters. 

 Four cutting teeth and two tulks in each jaw. 

 Each hoof divided into four parts. 



Synonims. 

 Ittttos 7roroi^iog, Arijl. Hijl. Ann. lib. ii. c. 7. 

 Hippopotamus Amphibius, Linn. Syfi. 101. Klein Quad. 34. 

 Hippopotamus, Plin. lib. viii. c. 20. Gefner Quad, 493. Rail 



Syn. Quad. 493. 

 Hippopotame, Pennant Syn. Quad. 59* 



Cheropotamus et Hippopotamus, Prof. Alp. jEgypt, i. 245. 



River Paard, Houttuyn Nat. Hijl. iii. 405. tab. 28. 



Sea Horse, Adam/on s Voy. 133. Leo Afr. 344. 



Sea Ox, Lobo Abijf. 105. Kolben Cape, ii. 129. Leo Afr.. 344. 



River Horse, Ludolph (Eth. Go. 



Behemoth, or Hippopotamus, S/iaw's Travels, Supp. 87. 

 L'Hippopotame de Biifbn,xu. 22. tab. iii. Brijfon Quad. 83. 



WHEN we confider the enormous bulk of this huge animal, which is 

 exceeded in fize by the Elephant alone, it feems matter of aftonifhment, that, 

 till lately, fo little of its hiftory has been known ; and that its figure has 

 been fo differently, and, in general, fo badly reprefented. It cannot be 

 doubted that it was known to the ancients : mention is made of it in the 

 book of Job, where it is called Behemoth ; and its peculiar properties are 

 defcribed in a ftyle and manner mo ft beautifully poetical. The Egyptians 

 were likewife not unacquainted with it, for its figure is frequently feen 



