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Quadrupeds, 
THE HIPPOPOTAMUS, OE EIVEE-HOESE. 
(Hippopotamus amphibius.) 
This animal lives as well on land as in water, and yields 
in size to none but the elephant : he weighs sometimes 
more than fifteen hundred pounds. His skin is naked, 
and of a blackish brown colour, tinged with red about 
the muzzle and on the lower surface of the body. The 
head is flattish on the top, about four feet long and nine 
in circumference ; the lips are large, the jaws open 
about two feet wide, and the cutting- teeth, of which it 
has four in each jaw, are nearly a foot long ; he has 
broad ears, and large eyes, a thick neck, and a short tail, 
tapering like that of a hog. He grazes and eats the 
leaves and young branches of trees on shore, but retires 
to the water if pursued, and will sink down to the bot- 
tom, where he can remain five or six minutes at a time. 
When he rises to the surface and remains with his head 
out of the water, he makes a bellowing noise which may 
be heard at a great distance. The female brings forth 
her young upon land, and it is supposed that she seldom 
produces more than one at a time. The calf at the 
