18 SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF MAMMALIA. 



5. — Indian Rhinoceros 



of a two-horned rhinoceros in Abyssinia different from 

 the common species of South Africa, * there is some 



* A pair of horns brought by Salt from Abyssinia, and 

 now in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, more 

 nearly resemble those of the keitloa than of the Rh. bicornis ; 

 and Dr. Smith considers a pair brought by Major Denham 

 from North Africa to be different again, and unlike those 

 of any other species. Clubs of rhinoceros-horn, of about 

 three feet in length, have been brought from Dahomy, 

 Western Africa. It is evident that there are two or three 

 species in Africa with which naturalists are not acquainted. 



