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HISD, a

fem.ll

(lig

in the third yenr of its age. See

CElVU¡.

HINDON, a borough town of Wi!tfhire, filuated four–

teen miles IVen of

S~li{bury:

il fends two membm to

p~rliament.

HINDOWN, or HESDOlVN , Ihe capital of Iheeounlry

of Ihe Hindowns, in Ihe hilher India:

long

76°

jO', N. lal

27".

IUNE, or

I NO,

hu{bandman's

ferv~nt.

Thus Ihe

perfon IVho overfces Ihe rd!, is caJled the maner hine.

HIPPOBOSCA, or HOIlSE' rLY, in zoology, a genus

of iofeas belonging to the arder of diplera. The

beak eonfi((s ofl"ll'o valves, is eyliodrieal, oblufe, and

haogiog ; and Ihe feet have feveral claws. There are

four fpecies, dif!ingoifhed by Iheir wiogs,

&c.

The

eqoioa is eXlremely troublefome tO horfes.

IDPPOCAMPUS, iD iehlhyology. See SYNGNATHUS.

HIPPOCENTAUR, io aOlÍquily, a fabulous animal,

half man half horfe.

What gave rife

the f,ble of

Hippoe~ntaurs,

IVas

Ibis. The Theífalians are faid to have been the firfl

invenlors of Ihe

art

of breaking horfes; and being lirn

feen on horfebaek, Ihey feemed

make but.one body

wilh Ihe horfes; whence the origin of Ihe fable

IDPPOCREPIS, COMMON HOUE SHOE VETC", io

balany,

genus of Ihe diadelphia deeandria clafs.

The pod is eomprdfed and erooked. T bere

are

rhree

fpeeies, ooly one of which,

uiz.

the eomofa, or tufled

horfe fhoe veteh, is a oalive of Britain.

HIPPODROME, io aotiquity, tbe eourfe where horfe–

raees were performed.

H!PPOGLOSSUS, iDichlhyology, See PLtURONEC'

TEI,

H"r oMANES figni6es the exprelfed juiee of the tithy·

mallos ;' as alfo

juiee diflilling from Ihe genitals of

mare, in Ihe time of her eovering : fome agaio take

il fór the feeundines of amare; aod. lafily, il fignifies

flelh y fubflanee adhering to the forehead of a eolt

ne"ly foaled, whieh fome imagine

have a virJue

proeuring love, and promoling Ihe birth.

H1PPOPHAE, in botany, a genus of the

di~cia

tetran·

dria clafs, The

~Ii.x

of the

m~le

has two Cegmenls;

and the caralla is wanting The calix of Ihe female

eonfi~

of IWO feements; il

h~s

no caralla; bUlone

lIylos;

~nd

rheberry eontains many feeds. There are

three fpeeies, only one of which,

viz.

the rhamnoi·

des, faJlow'lhorn, or fea buek·thorn, is a oalive of

Briuin..

HIPPOPOTAMUS, the RrvER' HO RSE, a genus of

quadrupeds, belonging to lhe arder o( belln:e;

I~e

ehacaaen of whieh are theCe:

has

foreteth rn

Ihe upper jaw, diCpofed in p,ir, ar a dinanee from eaeh

other ' and four prominenl forereerh in lhe under jaw,

the inlermediare ones being longefl : the dog.ret'rh ore

folir~!y

and obliquely Irunealed , and Ihe feel are hoof·

cd on the edge,.

Thm i, bUI one fpeeiee

hippopnlamus,

viz.

the amphibiuI, or river.horfe. T he hiflory

this

quarlruped, Ihough next

the

eleph~nl

in magni.

lude, i, f.r frolO being fitfli eiently dclineued . Tite

bell deferiplion hilherto given of him is .Ihat of

rederie Zmnghi. on Ilalian furgeon, publifhed in Ihe

year

1603

Zcrenghi killtd two of Ihcm (a male and

female) on Ihe banks of Ihe

Nil~,

prderved Iheir

Ikins, and broughl rhem ro Rome. Every Ikin rook

400

pounds of fall in euring. He Cays, Ihe Ikin of Ihe

~ippopol~mus

is aboul an ineh Ihick, exrremcly hard,

Impenerr~~le ~y

a eommon mulkel·

b.lI;

and there

are only

few fI,on while hairs feamred vrry Ihin o.

ver it. The teeth are nOI prorruded out of rhemoulh,

as is eommonly bclieved; for, when the mouth is IhUI,

a!though Ihe leerh be eXlremely luge, Ihey are enlire–

Iy comed by Ihe lips. The dimenfions of the feRlaJe,

of whieh Zerenghi gives a figure, are as follow: From

Ihepoint of the muzzle

Iheorigin of Ihe lail, helween

I r and

feet; Ihe cireumferenee of the bodyabout

fm; Ihe heighl of Ihe body,

4';'

fw; Ihe' circum–

fmnee of Ihe leg, near Ihe fllOulder,

feel

ioches r

lower down I fool

inehes; the heighl of Ihe ieg'

aboul I{-

1'001;

rhe lenglh of the feet flom Ihe ex–

Iremily of rhe e1aws,

4;'

inehes; Ihe claws are nearly

ofan equal lenglh and breadlh, and arefomewhat more

Ihan two inehes ; eaeh loe is furnifhed with a e1aw,

and eaeh fool with four loes. The laíl is abolll one

foot long, more than a foot in eircumferenee near the

origin, and about

inehes near Ihe roinl . The tail

is nOI round, bUI flallifh. The head, from Ihe eXlre–

miry of Ihe lips to rhe neck, is aboul

feer 4 inches,

and the cireumfereoee

feel

inehe, The eal! are

about

inehes long, aod nearly as broad; they are a

little pointed, and comed in Ihe inlerior Cide with

/bon while haie. Thc mouth, when open. is aboul

1';–

foot wide. and furniflled wilh

leelh of dilTmnt

figures. Their leeth are of fueh a hard fubflaoee,

thal they give 6re wilb (lee!. TheCe dimlnfions are

taken from a female hippopoumus; but the male is

generally about one Ihird larger.

With fu ch polI'erful acms, and fueh a prodigious

flrengrh ofbody, IhehiPropotamus mieht render himfelf

formida~le

every odler animal. BUI he is

n~lurally

of a mild diCpoCidon; and befides , his

~ody

is fa hea–

'y, and his mOlillns fo flow, Ihar he eannol ovenake

any olher quaofuped. He fwims fwifler Ihan he runs,

and prcys

u~on

fiOles. He

~i\,cs

in Ihe wmr, and can

fl ay very long under. He has no membrane

~elwixt

his toes. as Ihe eaflor or rhe Oller; , nd he only fwims

eafily in confequenee of rhe grea!

~ulk

of his belly,

whieh makes him nearly of an

equ~1

fpeeifie gmilY

wilh rhe waler. Moreover, he ofren kerps himCelf at

Ihe bOllom, and walks upon rhe ehannel wi,h rhe rame

freedom as upon dryland. Befides preying upon filhes ,

eroeodiles,

&c.

he frtqu ently goes out of Ihe waler

and fecJs upon fugar.eanes, rufhes, ntiller, rice, roOlS,

Óc.

'fhef. he devours in Iarge quantilies, and oflen

does great damage in Ihe euhil'areJ fi,ld. But as hé

i, more r;Olid on I, nd Ihan in Ihe waler, he is eafily

droyc

~way.

His legl are fa fIIOII, rhal he eannot e–

fc;'p'

by flighl "heo at a dl/lanee from rhe ril'er.

g<nmll)'nies "hen appro:rched

peoplein boars;

~ur,

if Ihey wound him, he ,",ulns \Virh fury, allJrks

Ihe bom wirh his leerh, ar.d frequendy overfu s rltem.

This

aoim~1

fecms

be confined priocirally

li,e

nrcrs