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rhinoccnjs. ( )n ihc other liand, soinclimcs rhinoceroses lose 

 their horns, and are to be found without any. The very 

 old ones do not renew their horns, i ])(*h(,'ve, when lost. 

 I am led to this ojjinion l)y the; case of a v(;ry old hornless 

 specimen which I shot, as well as by what 1 have heard 

 from native hunters, though thcnr statements are always 

 to be taken with caution. 



The size to which rhinoceros-horns sometimes develop 



.\lll, . W\ KILLKT HIT IT, 'IllE KHINOCEKOS THREW UP IIS IIKAK 

 SE\EKAI. TIMES 



may be gauged by the following measurements of some 

 of the longc^st and most fully developed that arc; known : 



