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of Chittagong to report the capture. The same evening Captain Hood 
and Mr. Wickes started with eight elephants to secure the prize, and 
after a march of sixteen hours to the south of Chittagong, they came 
up to the animal. The elephants at first sight bolted, but were brought 
back by considerable exertion, and the rhinoceros was made fast to 
one by a rope. The poor creature roared with fright, and a second 
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stampede ensued, in which luckily the rope slipped off the leg of the 
rhinoceros to which it was attached. Ultimately she was secured 
between two elephants and marched into Chittagong, where she soon 
got very tame. Eventually she was sent to England, and was purchased 
by the Zoological Society for A1250—a very handsome price, owing 
doubtless to the rarity of the specimen. 
No. 432. RHINOCEROS wc7 CERATORHINUS SUMATRENSIS. 
The Stimatran Rhinoceros. 
NaTivE Names.—Ayen-shan, Burmese ; Bodok, Malayan. 
Hapitat.—Tenasserim provinces; Burmah, extending into Siam; 
the Malayan peninsula and Sumatra. 
Description.—A smaller animal than the preceding, with a hard, 
black, rough, bristly skin; a deep fold behind the shoulder; ears set 
closer than in the last species, and filled with black hair internally ; the 
muzzle in front of the first horn is broader; the horns are two in 
number, and attain a good size, curving, but slightly, backward; the 
tail is conspicuously longer than in &. Zasiotis, and is tapering and not 
tufted. There is a well drawn and coloured plate of this species in the 
‘Proceedings of the Zoological Society’ for 1872, p. 794, as also several 
engravings showing the heads of the two animals in juxtaposition. 
Sizr.—About 3 feet 8 inches in height at the shoulder. 
At first it was considered that 2, /astotis was of this species, and as 
