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at them, and can eafily tofs a horfe with his 

 horns, if he comes within his reach: but 

 when he can by any means be retarded, fo as 

 to let the elephants come up, he is foon 

 difpatched by the match-lock : fome of the 

 buffaloes are of prodigious fize and ftrength, 

 and have an uncommonly wild and furious 

 look, and they are fo formidable in the jun- 

 gles, that it is faid even the largeft royal 

 tyger never ventures to attack them. 



I have never feen the rhinoceros hunted, 

 although there are many of them on the 

 route the Nabob goes i but they generally 

 keep to the thick forefts where it is impofli- 

 ble to follow them. When they can be 

 got at, they are purfued upon elephants and 

 Ihot; but it is both more difficult and dan- 

 gerous than any other fport, for even the 

 elephant is not fafe againft him -, for if he 

 charges an elephant and rips him with his 

 horn, he generally kills him on the fpot ; 

 and except his eyes or temples, and a fmall 

 part of his breafl before the fhoulder, he is 

 invulnerable to the largeft mufket ball in 

 every other part of his body. 



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