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In the cool weather they may wander a good deal as also during the 

 rains, ranging along the ridges and visiting the head waters of streams. 

 During the rainy season R. sumatrensis certainly tours through the 

 lower-lying country, as their tracks are to be met with within, in some 

 places, three or four miles off the railway. They do not, J think, remain 

 for any length of time, but come down only in search of particular 

 kinds of fodder not obtainable at other times. 



With regard to the nature of their food I am inclined to think that 

 these rhinoceroses are not great grass-feeders, but prefer to browse on 

 leaves, twigs, shoots, etc., and they seem very partial to fruits. 



In the dry season the stomach generally contains wild mangoes, figs, 

 Cicca macrocarpa, leaves of trees and bamboo leaves. The fruit or 

 leaves, etc., of the following are eaten by these animals, viz., — the fruit 

 of the ' Myauk-tanyet ' (Parkia insignis, Kurz). The figs of the ' Sin- 

 tha-hpan' and ' Tha-hpan, ' which I find to be Ficus roxburghii and F. 

 glomerata, but I had doubts as to the Burmans being correct as I have 

 heard these names applied to other trees of this natural order. One 

 point may afford a clue to the species and that is the size of the fruit, 

 which is as large as an ordinary apple. The fallen fruit of the Cicca 

 macrocarpa, ' Zibyu'; Careya arborea, ' Ban-bwe'; Sandoricum indicum, 

 ' Thit-to,' and also that of the ' Byu,' Dillenia pulclierrima. The 

 leaves, twigs, etc., of the Castanopsis divers/folia and tribiiloides (Kurz), 

 Toddalia aculeata (Kurz) ' Kyan-sa' or ' Pyan-sa ' (lit. rhinoceros- 

 food). 'Satsha ' of which Kurz mentions the Boehmeria hamiltoniana, 

 Sarcochlamys pulcherrima, Trema orientalis and Maoutia puya. The 

 ' Ta-bu ' or ' Ta-mu,' Harrisonia bennetii and Sonneratia acuia. The 

 twigs, shoots and leaves of the bamboo are also freely partaken of, no 

 doubt those of the most plentiful variety of bamboo growing in their 

 haunts. That found in the stomachs of two animals was that of the 

 ' Kayen-wa,' Melocanna bambusoides (baccifera). They are undoubtedly 

 partial to this bamboo, and to some extent localities in which it grows. 

 It is a peculiar and graceful bamboo, grows singly and to a height of 

 fifty feet and over. Each shoot comes up more or less equidistant from 

 its neighbours, and this regularity causes a ' Kayen-wa' jungle to 

 resemble a plantation. 



Their most acute sense appears to be that of smell, and, I think, they 

 rely much more on it than sight or hearing. Making a certain amount 

 of noise, walking through the jungle, will not always disturb them, and 



