HIPPOPOTAMUS. 
" 1. Behold now Behemoth, which I ma 
near thee ; he eateth grass Hke an ox. 
*ML Lo ! now, his strength is in his loiij 
and his force is in the navel of his bell] 
" III. His bones are as strong pieces of bra; 
his bones are like bars of iron. 
IV. He lieth under the shady trees, in t; 
covert of the reed and fens. 
V. Behold! he drinketh up a river, ai 
hastedi not : he trusteth that he can dra 
up Jordan into his mouth." 
The first of these seleifted verses from tl 
fortieth chapter of Job, it i-s remarked by tj; 
learned Bochart, implies the iocalit^^- of ij; 
situation; being an inhabitant of the Nile, j. 
. the neighbourhood of Uz, the land of Jq, 
The second describes it's great strength. T; 
third, the peculiar hardness oi it's bones, i i 
fourth, it's residence, amidst the vast reeds f 
the rivers of Egypt, and other jYfrican rivei, 
overshadowed with thick forests. The fift , 
the chiraLteristic wideness of it's mou!, 
which is hyperbolically represented as lair 
enough to exiiaust such a stream as Jordan. 
