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due proportions laid down by the Author of Nature are as well 
obferv d in this as in any other Animal, 1 can hardly grant ; for 
nothing can be deform’d but what fwerves from a general Rule. 
It has a big Ihort Head, fhort Neck, long Nofe, or Probofcis , hang- 
ing almoft to the Ground * a Back fomewhat protuberant, a fhort 
and round Body, a long Tail, four great round Legs, like fo 
many Columns fupporting fuch a vaft weight ; and fhort Feet, 
thofe before being broader and rounder, and thofe behind 
more long and narrow, each Shod with 4 Hoofes • a little nar- 
row Mouth, with 2 long Tusks proceeding from the Upper Jaw, 
one on each fide of the Trobofcis, 4 ftrong Grinders in each Jaw j 
fmall, yet piercing Eyes 5 and large flat Ears. 
The Dimenfion, are as follow : Ac the fore Leg fhe w r as 8 i foot rhe parties 
high (A. A.) and 9 at the hind (B. B.) in length jo foot (C C.) i ar Dmmfr 
and a Tail 4 Foot 3 Inches long (C. D.) round the Belly 14 Footer $f the 
fE. E.) from the top of the Head to the end of the Prhbofcis 8 Foot fluff'd Skin , 
(F. F.) whereof the Probofci* makes up 4 \ foot (F.GJ from the 
Forehead equal with the Eye to the lower Jaw, meafuring back- 
ward, 27 Inches (H. H.J from the top of the Head t© the lower 
Jaw, meafuring downward, 4 i foot (F. LJ The Ear was almoft 
fquare in this Subject, and fmall in refpe^l of thofe in other Ani- 
mals. Whether or not this difference might have been in regard 
of the Sex, I know not. ’Twas in lengh 19 Inches (KKJ and 
in breadth 17 (L L.) The Eye (Uj was not fo fmall as Dr. Mou- 
lins would have it ; who fays, they were no bigger in the Sub- 
ject he treats of than thofe of a Sheep; whereas 7 h this they are 
larger than thofe of an Ox. The diftance betwixt them, me a- 
Turing acrofs, was 26 Inches ; between the Amu and Vagina, 2 \ . 
foot ; between the Dugs 1 foot. The fore Foot, meafuring 
round the extremities of the 4 Hoofs, 3 foot 10 \ Inches (N. N.J 
whereof the external Hoof running obliquely forward was 5 
- Inches ; the fecond on the outfide, fquare before, was 5 Inches, and 
6 in breadth, i. e. up toward the Skin ; as was the third, fquare alfo 
before, and 4 \ half, (c) The Internal was more pointed than 
the External, and of the fame length ; the hind part of the Foot 
was covered with a tough thick Skin : The Diameter of the fore 
Foot, from the Right to the Left, was 14 i Inches:, from before 
to behind, 16 i Inches. The Circumference of the fore Leg, 
at the Uppar Joint, was4Foot3 Inches (O.OJ At the Articu- 
lation of the Carpfu 2 foot 6 \ Inches (P. P.J the Circumference 
of the bind Foot, round the Hoof, ; foot 4 Inches ( Q, Its 
K Diameter 
