DODO. 
fon, take it for a tortoise, disguised in the 
cloathing of the winged tribe. It's propor- 
tions, and it's movements, in short, give an 
idea of the most heavy and aukward of or- 
ganized beings; and it appears, among the 
feathered tribes, what the sloth does among 
quadrupeds, an unresisting creature, ahke in- 
capable of flight or defence. 
The body is not only bulky, but almost cu- 
bical, supported with difficulty on two ex- 
ceeding thick and short pillars, and carrying a 
head so strangely shaped, that it might be 
taken for the whim of a caricature painter. 
This head rests on a huge swelling neck, and is 
composed of two great chaps, or mandibles, 
opening far beyond the eyes, which are large, 
black, and prominent; so that the animal, in. 
gaping, exhibits a most enormous mouth. 
The bill, consequently, is of an extraordinary- 
length; and it is also thick, as well as sharp at 
the end, having the appearance of two pointed 
spoons laid on each other with their convexi- 
ties turned outward. From this combination, 
there results a stupid and voracious physiog- 
nomy ; and, to finish the deformity, a bordering 
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