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LIFE, IN ITS HIGHEE FORMS. 
as firm as a stono; yea, as Lard as a piece of the nether 
mill-stone. When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are 
afraid : by reason of breakings they purify themselves. 
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold : 
the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. He esteemeth 
iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. The arrow 
cannot make him flee: sling-stones are turned with 
him into stubble. Darts are counted as stubble: he 
laugheth at the shaking of a spear. Sharp stones are 
under him : he spreadeth sharp-pointed things upon the 
mire. 
“He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh 
the sea like a pot of ointment. He maketh a path to 
shine after him ; one would think the deep to be hoary. 
Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without 
fear. He beholdeth all high things : he is a king over all 
the children of pride.” — Job xli. 14-34. 
The most prominent characteristics of the Crocodile of 
the African rivers aro here distinctly painted. The im- 
penetrable nature of the integument, a sort of surface-bone ; 
its Arrangement in strong square scales, set firmly edge to 
edge, one against another in close array ; the peculiar fiery 
glare of the eyes ; and above all, the serried teeth, which, 
to the number of thirty or more on each side of each jaw, 
are never concealed by lips, giving to the animal, even 
when tranquil, the terrific appearance of a grinning rage — 
are all points that scientific naturalists have dwelt on in 
their descriptions of these monsters. When we remember 
that they are among the most gigantic of all animals, far 
exceeding the Elephant — the Crocodile of the Nile being 
asserted to attain a length of twenty-five feet — we shall 
