TAP lit TRIBE,' SGS 
animal is said to be used by the Indian painters as 
one of their colours,, 
Belon speaks of a tame hippopotamus as an animal 
of a very mild and gentle character : and Sparrman 
is of opinion, that a calf of this species might be 
brought up tame> without much difficulty ; and 
that thus the curiosity of Europeans might once 
more be gratified with a sight of Jiving specimens, 
as were the Romans at the games of Scaurus. 
A Dutch colonist, Sp airman tells, fancied he 
had found the os petrosum of the hippopotamus 
reduced to powder, and taken in small quantities, 
an excellent remedy in cases of convulsion, parti- 
cularly in children. 
TAPIR TRIBE. 
The tapir tribe, of which but one species is at 
present discovered, has ten front teeth in both jaws, 
the canine teeth single, and i-nc-urvated ; five, 
grinders in both jaws, on each side ; very broad 
feet, with three hoofs, and a false hoof on the fore 
feet. 
Tapir. 
The tapir is shaped somewhat: like a hog, and of 
the size of a heifer ha] fa year ©M. When young. 
Iris body is speckled with white ; after he is full 
grown, it changes to a dusky colour. The nose bears 
some resemblance to the proboscis of an elephant,, 
and serves the same purposes ; extending far be- 
yond the lower jaw, and being susceptible of cou^ 
