HIPPOPOTAMUS. 
siderably largest of the four. In each side of 
both jaws, there is a single tusk : the two tusks 
in the lower jaw^, which are very crooked, and 
obliquely cut off at the ends, are sonietlmes 
twenty-seven inches long, and weigh six 
pounds nine ounces each. There are six grind- 
ers above, and eight below^ The head is enor- 
mously large, and the mouth prodigiously 
wide. The ears, w'hich are small and pointed 
are very thickly lined with short fine hairs 
The eyes and nostrils are also 'small, in pro- 
portion to the bulk of the animal. A few 
.strong whitish hairs are scattered in fasciculi 
or small lufis, on the lips. The hair on the 
body is very thin, of a whitish colour, ana 
scarcely discernible at first sight; so that, by 
several writers, it is said to be entirely without 
hair, which unquestionably is it's general ap 
pearance. 'i'nere is no mane on the neck, a 
>-ome writers have fabled, only the hairs o- 
that part are somewhat thicker. The skin i 
of a dusky colour, sometimes said to be dar! 
tAwny, and sometimes blackish: it is even 
ih.icker than tliehide of the Rhinoceros. Tli 
tail is nake^l, depressed, and about a foot long 
I'he legs are short, and tliick. lire feet are 
