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ing To this cause we're osing the many
broken teeth fractured by his rushing
against the bars Of his house, one single
bat Of tooth broken OF weighing -
much ~ too pounds and Q quarter.
In my /" Curiosities of Natural History
Qs73) mentioned the clever mode
adopted by Mr.. Bartlett in extracting one
Of his teeth. Mr.. Bartlett wrote me !:
"You will be glad to know that l have
succeeded 10 performing perhaps the
largest dental operation on record. Our
male hippopotamus has been, a. you
know, suffering from fractured tooth,
and fearing that the consequences might
be serious, had q strong oak fence
fixed between his pond and the iron rail-
ings, and I then determined to remove
the broken tooth. This l accomplished,
but not without q fearful struggle. l
had prepared powerful pair of forceps
more than two feet long; with these /
grasped his fractured incisor, thinking,
with firm and determined twist, to gain
possession of that fine piece Of ivory.
This, however, was not so easily done, for
the brute, amazed ct my impudence,
rushing back, tearing the instrument
from my hands, and looking as wild al
hippop0tamus can look, charged at me
just IS had recovered my forceps. l
had made another attempt, and this time
held on long enough to cause the loose
tooth to shift its position, but was again
obliged to relinquish my hold. l had,
however, no eeceqipp TO say, Opsn your
mouth, ;" for thu 3 did to the fullest ex-
tent; therefore had no difficulty in
sgain seising the coveted morsel, and this
time drew It forth with good, sharp
pull and . twist out from his monstrous
jaws. One of the most remarkable things
appeared to me to be the enormous force
of the air when blown from the dilated
nostrils of the great beast while enrsged.
1t came against mo with force that quite
surprised me-"
It is thought probable that hippopota.
mi do not live to great age, the reasons
being ~ that the time Of CESSATION is
only seven months; (2) that the young
animal born in the Gardens has attained
its full size in six years. "Obesh," COM
pared with this young one, did not grow
80 fast; he was not considered ull-grown
till his tenth year.
The old female was also presented by
the Viceroy, July, 1854. They we're kept
together and produced the frst young
one February 81, 1871. This died two
days after birth. She produced a second
young one January 6, 1879. This died
on the 10th. I had the pleasure Of cast.
ing him. One model is now in the giraffe
house at tho Gardens, the other in my
Museum at South Kensington. The third
was born on November 8, 1879, and
called "Gay Fawkes." She is still alive,
and now quite equal in bulk to her
mother, the only perceptible difference
being the size of the head and teeth, which
are smaller, else it would be difficult to
tell the mother from the daughter.
This, therefore, is the generation Of the
hippopotami at the Geological Gardens.
regret much that I did not have an
opportunity of having cut at poor old
Hippo, q I wished much to examine
several points in his anatomy, especially
the akin from which exuded at certain
periods sweat the color of blood. Pro-
fessor GaIrod, I understand, has made .
careful dissection Of this animal, 20 we'll
known to the public. We shall look for
ward to the learned prcsector's report to
the society.
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