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8. — Javanese Rhinoceros. 



also differently arranged : the surface of the skin is di- 

 vided into small polygonal tubercles with a slight central 

 depression in each, from which arise a few short bristly 

 hairs. (Fig. 8.) In its habits this species is gregarious ; 

 its range on the island extends from the level of the ocean 

 to the summits of mountains of considerable elevation — 

 the latter situations are preferred ; its retreats in these 

 mountains are to be discovered by deeply excavated 

 passages worked out on their declivities. When met 

 with, or otherwise disturbed, it quietly retires, being 

 very mild and peaceable. Night is the principal season 

 of its activity, and it often commits considerable damage 

 in the plantations of coffee and pepper. The horns and 

 skin are employed for medicinal purposes by the natives. 

 Dr. Horsfield ('Zoological Researches in Java') gives a 

 detailed account of one of these animals which was kept at 

 Suracarta. He says that " by kind treatment it soon 

 became domesticated to such a degree, that it permitted 

 itself to be carried in a large vehicle, resembling a cart, to 

 the capital of Suracarta. I saw it during its conveyance, 



