26 THE RHINOCEROS. 



some however of those which are met with on the rest of 

 the body were curled ; and although thick and hard, had a 

 woolly appearance. His legs were bent inwards, which was 

 without doubt owing to the close confinement he endured, 

 and to the little strength his joints could acquire in the state 

 of inaction in which he was kept. Each foot was composed 

 of three toes, which were manifested externally only by the 

 three nails with which they were furnished, and which had the 

 form of hoofs, t. e. they defended the toes both above and 

 below. The tail was habitually pendent, but was susceptible 

 of voluntary movements to the right and left, and the animal 

 made use of it to drive off from the skin whatever annoyed 

 him. 



a The eyes were very small, the eyelids simple, the pupil 

 round, and no accessory organ was found there. The nostrils 

 opened at the sides of the upper lip, and presented an aper- 

 ture curved like the letter S, but more open in front than 

 behind. The tongue was smooth, the lips entire, the lower 

 one thick and rounded, the upper one very moveable, and 

 susceptible of being extended, and curled downwards like a 

 little proboscis. The ears were moderately large, moveable, 

 and of very simple construction. With respect to the organ 

 of touch, it can hardly possess much delicacy except in the 

 upper lip. 



"All the senses of this animal, save that of touch, appeared 

 to be pretty delicate. He frequently made use of that of 

 smell, and preferred sugared fruits and sugar itself over every 

 other aliment. He collected together the smaller morsels of 

 food with his moveable upper lip to carry them to his mouth : 

 and when he ate hay, he formed it with his upper lip into 

 little bunches, which he afterwards introduced between his 

 teeth by means of his tongue. 



" His horn is solid, attached to the bones of the nose, and 

 composed of fibres of the same nature as the horns of goats 

 and antelopes. It was short and blunt, and he made use of 

 it to strike against objects at the moments of his rage, and 

 even to tear up and destroy whatever he found could give 

 way to his efforts. One might see that he was borne by an 

 instinctive impulse to make use of that part in preference to 

 every other whenever the employment of his strength was 

 required." 



The learned Bishop Heber confirms the supposition of 

 Frederic Cuvier, as to the tractability of the rhinoceros. In 

 his journey through India, he observes : "At Lucknow there 

 were five or six very large rhinoceroses, the first animals of 

 the kind I ever saw, and of which I found that prints and 



