THE SUMATRAN RHINOCEROS 1-8 1 



by the Society for 600. An old female which had 

 shed her lower incisor teeth, she proved a disastrous 

 speculation, dying six weeks afterwards ; some 

 recoupment was however effected by selling the skin 

 and skull to the British Museum. 1 On December 

 7th, 1872, another female arrived in London, and 

 gave birth to a calf while still on ship-board at the 

 Victoria Docks. At a few hours old the enterprising 

 youngster was found walking about the deck in 

 spite of the cold and rain ; the exposure almost 

 paralysed its limbs, though use was restored by 

 rubbing it all over and placing it in warm blankets. 

 Indeed, by the next day the little rhinoceros was so 

 vigorous that its attendants had quite enough to do 

 to prevent it from running all over the room in 

 which it had been temporarily placed. The animal 

 was exceedingly quaint in appearance, having a long- 

 almost donkey-like head, and long legs, and an ample 

 coat of crisp black hair. The anterior horn was ^ 

 inch long, but the posterior one was represented only 

 by a smooth spot ; height at shoulder 2 feet, length 

 3 feet. This rhinoceros was very thin and bony, 

 and soon died ; the mother and the carcase of the 

 young one were shipped to America. In July, 

 1875, Mr. Jamrach deposited another female at the 

 Zoo, which he afterwards sold to the Society for 600. 

 Distributed thorughout Burmah, the Malay Penin- 



1. Although as a rule long-lived animals, rhinoceroses are liable to 

 die after a very short illness ; thus a Javan rhinoceros at Calcutta died of 

 pneumonia in twenty-four hours. 



