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near the point. They differ from thofe of the Elephant, 

 in having a larger twift or fpiral curve towards the fmall 

 end. There is a ft i 11 greater difference in the form of 

 the grinders, which are made like thofe of a carnivorous 

 animal, not flat and ribbed tranfverfely on their furface, 

 like thofe of an Elephant, but furnifhed with a double 

 row of high and conic projections, as if intended to maf- 

 ticate, not grind, their food.— Specimens of thefe teeth 

 and bones are depofited in the Britifh mufeum, that of 

 the Royal Society, and in the cabinet of the late inge- 

 nious Dr Hunter. — Thefe foffil bones are alio found in 



Peru, and in the Brazils. As yet, the living animal 



has evaded the fearch of the curious naturalifl 5 but it is 

 not improbable that it may exift in fome of thofe remote 

 parts of that vaft continent, yet unpenetrated by Eu~ 

 ropeans. 



