2^6 SUKOTYRO* 
but when the Elephant is two years old, the se- 
cond set are then completely in use. At about 
this period the third set begins to cut the gum, 
and from the end of the second to the beginning 
of the sixth year, the third set comes gradually 
forward as the jaw lengthens^ not only to lill up 
this additional space, but also to supply the place 
of the second set, which are, during the same pe- 
riod, gradually worn away, and their fangs or 
roots obsorbed. From the beginning of the sixth 
to the end of the ninth year, the fourth set of 
grinders comes forward, to supply the gradual 
waste of the third set. After this period other 
sets are produced^ but in what time, and in Avhat 
proportion, is not yet ascertained; but it is rea- 
sonable to conclude, that every succeeding grinder 
takes a year longer than its predecessor to be com- 
pleted; and consequently, that the fifth, sixth, se- 
venth, and eighth set of grinders will take from five 
to eight years (and probably much longer) each 
set, before the posterior lamina has cut the gum. 
SUKOTYRO. 
That we may not seem to neglect so remarka- 
ble an animal, though hitherto so very imperfectly 
known, we shall here introduce the Sukotyro. 
This, according to Niewhoff, its only describer, 
and who has figured it in his travels to the East 
Indies, is a quadruped of a very singular shape. 
Its size is that of a large ox : the snout like that 
