22 THE RHINOCEROS. 



quadruped I have ever seen, which he very seldom opens en- 

 tirely. His ears are broad and thin towards the tops, much 

 like those of a hog, but have each a narrow round root with 

 wrinkles about it. His neck is very short, being that part 

 which lies between the back edge of the jaw and the fold of 

 the shoulder : on this part there are two distinct folds which 

 go quite round it, only the fore-one is broken underneath, 

 and has a hollow flap hanging from it, so deep, that it would 

 contain a man's fist. From the middle of the hinder of these 

 folds arises another, which, passing backwards along the 

 neck, is lost before it reaches that which surrounds the fore- 

 part of the body. 



" His shoulders are very thick and heavy, and have each 

 another fold downward that crosses the fore-leg, and almost 

 meeting that of the fore-part of the body just mentioned 3 

 they both double under the belly close behind the fore-leg. 



"His body in general is very thick, and juts out at the sides 

 like that of a cow with calf. His belly hangs low, being not 

 far from the ground, as it sinks much in the middle. From 

 the highest point in his back, the fold of the loins runs down 

 on each side between the last ribs and the hips, and is lost 

 before it comes to the belly ; but above the place of its being 

 lost, another rises and runs backward, round the hind legs, 

 a little above the joint : this I call the crural fold, which runs 

 up behind till it meets another transverse one which runs 

 from the side of the tail forward, and is lost before it reaches 

 within two inches of that of the loins. 



" The legs of the rhinoceros are thick and strong ; those 

 before, when he stands firm, bend back at the knee a great 

 way from a straight line, being very round and somewhat 

 taper downwards. The hinder legs are also very strong, 

 bending backwards at the joint at an obtuse angle, beneath 

 which the limb grows smaller, and then becomes gradually 

 thicker as it approaches the foot ; so also does that part of 

 the leg. About the joint of each of his legs there is a remark- 

 able fold when he bends them in lying down, which disap- 

 pears when he stands. 



"The tail of this animal is very inconsiderable, in proportion 

 to his bulk, not exceeding seventeen or eighteen inches in 

 length, and not very thick. It has a great roughness round 

 it, and a kind of twist or stricture towards the extremity, 

 ending in a flatness, which gave occasion to authors to com- 

 pare it to a spatula. On the sides of this flat part a few 

 nairs appeared, which were black and strong, not short. It 

 is further to be observed, that the hairs on the left side grow 

 out a great way up towards the root of the tail, whereas on 



