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Rh tami; which wallow in its great rivers from the Senegal and the Upper Nile to the streams of the Cape Colony. M. Desmoulins considers that the species of the northern rivers is distinct from that of the south, and he distinguishes the two as Hippopotamus Senegalensis, and H. Capensis. The differences, however, are anatomical, and do not affect either the external appearance, or the habits of the animals, so that in a general description we may speak of both as one.

HIPPOPOTAMUS.

The recent zoological investigations of Dr. Smith in South Africa have added many interesting particulars to our knowledge of these huge animals. "In districts fully inhabited by man,"