. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . good ear ; it is also affirmed, thathe has the sense of smelling in perfection; but it is pretended he has not agood eye, and sees only before him. His eyes are so small, and placedso low, and so obliquely, they have so little vivacity and motion, that thisfact needs no other confirmation. His voice, when he is calm, resemblesthe grunting of a hog; and when he is angry, his sharp cries are heard ata great distance. Though he lives upon vegetables, he does not ru
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . good ear ; it is also affirmed, thathe has the sense of smelling in perfection; but it is pretended he has not agood eye, and sees only before him. His eyes are so small, and placedso low, and so obliquely, they have so little vivacity and motion, that thisfact needs no other confirmation. His voice, when he is calm, resemblesthe grunting of a hog; and when he is angry, his sharp cries are heard ata great distance. Though he lives upon vegetables, he does not ruminate ;thus, it is probable, that, like the elephant, he has but one stomach, andvery large bowels, which supply the office of the paunch. His consumption,though very great, is not comparable to that of the elephant; and it ap-pears, by the thickness of his skin, that he loses less than the elephanthis perspiration. Two species of the two horned rhinoceros are found in South following figure was drawn from life, by Mr Melville, and conveys aDaccurate representation of the species, which abounds most in the Bechuana. country. The horn of the female is, however, much longer and moreslender than that of the male, being three and a half feet long. Being astrong, ponderous, and elastic substance, it is much prized by the natives,for handles to their battle-axes. The secondary horn is, in many instances,so small as to be scarcely perceptible at a little distance. MAMMALIA-TAPIR. 309 THE TAPIR, OR THE The tapir is of the size of a small cow, but without horns, and witha short, naked tail; the legs are short and thick, and the feet have smallblack hoofs. The body is thick and clumsy, and the back somewhat arched,and the hair is of a dusky or brownish color. On the short thick neck isa kind of bristly mane, which, near the head, is an inch and a half inlength. His head is of a tolerable size, with roundish erect ears, and smal1
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