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Rh carefully in the earth, to prevent, as it is imagined, their being found by man. The elephant's tongue is mall, but broad; the feet round and ample, and the legs have joints, which are flexible: the forehead is large and riing; the tail reembles that of a hog; and the blood of this creature is colder than that of any. other; but the organ which mot peculiarly ditinguihes it, is the trunk. This ingular member is crooked, grily, and pliant, about even feet in length, three in Circumference, and gradually diminihing to the extremity. At the,root, near the note, are two paages, the one into the head, the other to the mouth; through the fit, it breathes; and by the latter, it