HIPPOPOTAMUS, 
This animal, the Behemoth of the Sacre 
Writings, is the 'Ittttq^ ^oTctjj.iQ^ of Aristotle, 
and the Hippopotamus of Pliny : these, there- 
fore, may be considered as it's names in the He- 
brew, Greek, and Latin languages. In that of 
the Egyptians, according to Zerenghi, it is called 
Foras I'Bar, which signifies the River Horse. 
The Hottentots call it Tgao. Prosper Alpinus 
names it the Cheropotamus, as well as Hippo- 
potamus ; and, by diiFerent travellers and natu- 
ralists, it is also called the Sea Horse, the 
Water Elephant, the River Pard, and the Sea 
Ox. It is the Hippopotamus Amxphibius, Pe- 
dibus Quadrllobis, of Limi^us ; a,ndtlie Hippo- 
potame of BufFon and Pennant. In Kolben's 
Cape of Good Hope, it is called Seekuh, or 
the Sea Ox ; and, in Barbot's Guinea, Ker- 
kamanon, or the Water Elephant. 
The Hippopotamus has four cutting ;teeth 
in each jaw: those above are placed in pairs, 
at some distance from each other; those below 
are prominent, the two middlemost being con^ 
siderably 
