The Hi [lory ^ ANIMALS, 569 
This is a native of Egypt, and fome other warm climates. It frequents rivers, and 
paIfes a great part of it’s time under water, but it comes out of it to deep and to 
breed. The Nile and the Niger, and fome other large rivers, abound with it. It 
feeds on vegetables, and is particularly fond of the roots of fome of the water plants. 
It does not fwim under water, as mod of the amphibious animals do, nor are it’s fee£ 
at all formed for that purpofe * it’s weight and bulk would alfo render it very unfit 
for fuch motions. It walks on the bottom, and feeds on the vegetables which are pro¬ 
duced there. All the writers on animals have named it. Ray and others call it Hip 
popotamus; Bochart fuppofes it to be the Behemoth, mentioned in the book of Job. 
Hippopotamus acaudatus capite graciliore . ' 5 Ci)Z ISC&pfc 5 
'The Jlender-headed Hippopotamus , without a taih jtttttb 
This is of the bignefs of an afs, only that it’s body is much more bulky and un¬ 
wieldy : the head is large and oblong, it fomewhat refembles that of a hog in fhape, 
and is flenderer, in proportion to it’s length, than that of any other of this genus: 
the ears are fhort, but they are very broad, and approach to a roundifh figure $ they 
ufually hang pendulous in fome degree, but the creature at pleafure renders them rigid, 
and they are in that date not ere&ed, but only protended forward ; the eyes are fmall 
and black; the mouth is large and formidable, and the teeth are thick and obtufe. 
The neck is fhort, and very thick; the body is thick, and in fome degree refem¬ 
bles that of a hog in figure 3 the fkin is very tough and thick, and is not naked; as in 
the former lpecies, but covered with fhort and glofiy hair : it is of a dufky amber co¬ 
lour, when the creature is full-grown ; when younger, it is of a paler brown, and 
fpotted with black: there is no tail, nor any the fmalled rudiments of one : the legs 
are fhort, but robud. 
This is a native of South America, and lives principally on land, though it will oc- 
cafionally frequent the waters for it’s food. It eats only vegetables, and it’s flefh is 
much edeemed at the tables of the Portuguefe, who have fettlements in South Ame¬ 
rica. It is frequent in the woods of the Brafils. Marcgrave and others who have writ¬ 
ten on the animals of that part of the world, have defcribed it. They call it, by it’s 
Bmfiiian name, Tapijerete; and fome, by it’s Portuguefe one, Anta, 
Hippopotamus acaudatus capite crajfo. 
The thick- headed Hippopotamus , with no taiL 
This is the fmalled animal of this genus j the bignefs is not more \than that of a 
fmall hog, and it coniiderably refembles that animal in the fhape of it’s body : the 
head is enormoufly large and thick, it appears greatly difproportioned to the body: the 
ears are (ho t, broad, and roundifh; the eyes are large and black ; the mouth is very 
large, and it’s armature of teeth is very formidable : the neck is fhort, and very thick; 
the body is about two feet in length, and a foot and a half in diameter, and is co¬ 
vered with a very tough and firm fkin, which is not naked, as in the great Hippopo¬ 
tamus, but has a fine glofiy, though not thick, fur : this is compofed of thick and mo* 
derately long hairs, and is of a duiky tawny, with a drong tinge of brown. 
The legs are fhort, and the feet divided into toes, each of which has a broad and 
obtuie nail ; the creature has no tail. 
This is a native of South America, and fpends it's time principally in the woods, 
though it will defcend into the rivers occafionally. It feeds on vegetables* and it’s 
flefh is well tafled, and edeemed at table. Marcgrave and others have defcribed it 
under it’s Brafilian name Copy-Bara. 
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