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rising occasionally to the sur ce to draw breath, and merely showing the upper part of its head above the water. It possesses great strength, and has been known to bite a large piece out of a boat, so as in­ stantly to sink it, and to raise another, containing six men, so high as to upset it. The animal, how­ ever, is harmless if not disturbed, but when enraged, is a dangerous comrade. It is sometimes taken in pit lls, and his esh is eaten by the natives of A ica. The female brings rth her young upon land, and seldom more than one at a time. vVe are still but imperfectly acquainted with the habits of the hippopotamus; but it seems to have been well
1 known to the Romans. Augustus exhibited one as an emblem of Egypt, in his triumph over Cleopatra.
A - N's AN K GDOM. FRAGMENT.
vVrTH peace l mind thy race of duty run ; 1 God nothing does or su ers to be done
But what thou wouldst thyself, if thou couldst see . Through all events of things, as well as he.

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FLUENCE OF HEAT ON THE CREATION.
HE1LIOTROPE, n., a plant that turns towards the sun, but more particu­ larly the turn-sol, or sun- ower. F. heliotrope, om elios, G., the sun, and trope, turning.
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DISK, n., the ce; a plane, round sur ce. L. lliscu and G. diskos (a