HIPPOPOTAMUS. 
Nile ; and even there, only in Upper Egvpr 
juii in the fens and lakes of Ethiopia, v/hic'i 
that river passes through. Dr. Shaw remarks; 
that the present race of Egyptians are not 
even acquainted with these animals, none ever 
appearing below the catara6ls of the Nile. 
It was not so formerly ; for Radzlvil relates, 
that he saw, and shot at, four of these ani- 
mals, near Damietta. 
BufFon says, in his supplement, " the Che- 
valier Bruce assured me, that he saw, in his 
travels through Africa, a number of Hippo- 
potami in Lake Izana, which is situated in 
Upper Abyssinia, near the true sources of the 
Nile ; and that, in this lake, which is at least 
six leagues long, by ten or twelve broad, the 
Hippopotami are more numerous than in any 
other part of the world. He adds, that he saw 
some of them which were twenty feet long, 
with very short legs." 
Tliese animals are cf a mild and gentle na- 
ture, unless when provoked; and inhabit, 
equally, the land and the ^vater. During the 
night, they quit the rivers, in order to graze, 
and 
