"The length of this hippopotamus, from the extremity of the upper lip to the beginning of the tail, is nearly eleven feet two inches.[O] [O] This measurement is according, to Paris feet and inches. "The circumference of the body is about ten feet. "The height, from the bottom of the foot to the top of the back, is four feet five inches. "The circumference of the legs near the shoulders is two feet nine inches; and taken lower, is one foot nine inches and a half. "The height of the legs, from the bottom of the feet to the breast, is one foot ten inches and a half. "The length of the feet, from the extremity of the nails, is about four inches and a half.--_Note._ I have taken the medium measure between the two that Zerenghi gives, for the length of the feet. "The nails are as long as they are broad, being rather more than two inches. "There is one nail on each toe, and four toes on each foot. "The skin upon the back is nearly an inch, and that upon the belly about half an inch thick. "The skin is so hard when dried, that it cannot be pierced by a musket shot. The people of the country make great shields of it, and cut it into thongs or kind of whips. On the surface of the skin there are a few very fine hairs of a greyish colour, and which cannot be perceived at first sight; on the neck there are some longer, but they are all placed one by one, more or less distant from each other; but on the lips they form a kind of mustachio: for there springs out ten or twelve of them from the same points; these hairs are of the same colour as the rest, they are only harder, thicker, and somewhat longer, though the longest is not more than half an inch. "The length of the tail is rather more than eleven inches, and its circumference, taken at the beginning, is something more than a foot, and at its extremity, is two inches and upwards. "The tail is not round, but from the middle to the end is flat, like an eel. Upon the tail and the thighs, there are some round scales of a whitish colour, broad as a French bean; these small scales are also seen upon the breast, the neck, and upon some parts of the head. "The head, from the extremity of the lips to the beginning of the neck, is two feet four inches, and its circumference about five feet eight inches. "The ears are two inches and near an half long, more than two inches in breadth, are a little pointed, and furnished on the inside with thick, short, and fine hairs, of the same colour as the others. "The space between each angle of the eyes is two inches and upwards, and from one eyelid to the other, is one inch and one line. "The nostrils are two inches four lines long, and little more than one inch broad.