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DEAN MAHOMET.
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carefully in the earth, to prevent, as it is imagined, their being found by man. The elephant's tongue is ſmall, but broad; the feet round and ample, and the legs have joints, which are flexible: the forehead is large and riſing; the tail reſembles that of a hog; and the blood of this creature is colder than that of any. other; but the organ which moſt peculiarly diſtinguiſhes it, is the trunk. This ſingular member is crooked, griſly, and pliant, about ſeven feet in length, three in Circumference, and gradually diminiſhing to the extremity. At the,root, near the note, are two paſſages, the one into the head, the other to the mouth; through the fiſt, it breathes; and by the latter,
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