The hand : its mechanism and vital endowments, as evincing design, and illustrating the power, wisdom, and goodness of God . feet laterally, elevates the scapulae,draws in the crupper, and stretches the neck, so as topresent a very ludicrous figTire. We have here a sketch of the skeletons of thehippopotamus, and of the camel, as they stood acci-dentally contrasted, in the Museum. The head of thehippopotamus is of great strength and weight, and it isappended to a short neck; in the shortness of itslegs also, we see the correspondence which we havehad occasion to remark between the position of t
The hand : its mechanism and vital endowments, as evincing design, and illustrating the power, wisdom, and goodness of God . feet laterally, elevates the scapulae,draws in the crupper, and stretches the neck, so as topresent a very ludicrous figTire. We have here a sketch of the skeletons of thehippopotamus, and of the camel, as they stood acci-dentally contrasted, in the Museum. The head of thehippopotamus is of great strength and weight, and it isappended to a short neck; in the shortness of itslegs also, we see the correspondence which we havehad occasion to remark between the position of thehead, and the height of the trunk from the form of the camel is, in every respect, animal must have rapidity and ease of motion onthe gTound: which quahties are secured by thelength of the extremities; and in accordance with theextremities, are the elongated neck and hghtly formedhead. Here, then, is the skeleton of an animal,properly terrestrial; it is accommodated to other AND CAMEL. peculiarities of its organisation connected with itsliving on arid plains ; and is admirably adapted for a. CAMEL AND HIPPOPOTAMUS. rapid and long-continued course. The hippopotamus,on the other hand, seeks its safety in the water; andits uncouth form and weight are suited to that the Horses Head.—It is perhaps better our arguments from what is lamihar and z 2 340 PEOVISIONS FOR LIGHTNESS constantly before us : let us then take the form of thehorses head. Some have af&rmed that the sound ofneighing is produced in two sets of membranouschambers in the horses head, called the Eustachiancavities. That name has been given to these cavities,because they communicate with the tubes termedEustachian tubes, which lead from the throat to the that is a very unsatisfactory account of the cavitiesin question. We are of opinion that their use isconnected with the weight of the head, the length ofthe neck, and the power of mastication of the is
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