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hlo J. •-(■1(1 In a conveiiie-it place to uioot at liirn as 

 he pafses. If he mifses his aim, the second man 

 fol).oW3 the same course. when he comes up to the 

 third, arid so on, till they either kill him, or tire 

 Him so mu'.h as to render him unable to pursue 

 them lorger, when thej watch the opportunity b£ 

 dispatching him while at rest. H s flefh is eaten, 

 and much relilhed by the natives of India and> 

 Africa. 



The rhinoceros with one horn is the most 

 common ; but there is another species of this 

 clafs of animals which has two horns, as is 

 well known from specimens of these that are 

 to be found in European cabinets ; but the pre- 

 cise nature of the animal itself which produces 

 this double horn is not yet sufficiently ascertained. 

 Xwo naturalists have of late described this animal. 

 Mr Sparman the Swedilh naturalist and Mr Bruce, 

 but their descriptions are so exceedingly dis- 

 similar, as to leave the reader in doubt which of 

 them Ihould most be credited. The Swedilii na- 

 turalist represents the two horned rhinoceros as 

 being a very diiFerent animal froiti that already 

 described. Its Ikin is smooth, having none of 

 those plaits or folds, that so peculiarly charac- 

 terise the common rhinoceros ; whereas, Mr 

 Bruce represents it as having these folds, and be- 

 ing precisely the same with that which has been 

 delineated by Buffon and other naturalists, unlefs 

 in what respects the horn only. They both how- 

 eve r, agree, in saying that the second horn is 

 placed on the nose exactly behind the first, being 



