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numerous muscles being placed along the axis, increasing 

 in mass toward the skull, thus giving the beautiful conical, 

 symmetrical shape of the great head. 



As in the rhino, the masses of muscle were concentrated 

 in five areas of the body that which moved the head and 

 jaws and those which moved each of the four legs. A thin, 

 muscular sheath extended over the sides and belly and there 

 was a narrow strip of muscle along the length of the spine. 



The abdominal viscera were so large that it was necessary 

 to place ropes around the segments in order that the native 

 boys might pull on them in unison until we dissected them 

 free. At the point of freeing the stomach from the esoph- 

 agus, no special mechanism was found by which the animal 

 could have introduced his proboscis to suck out water to 

 spray himself when hot, as is sometimes stated. The weight 

 of the stomach and intestines, with their contents, was 

 2,034 pounds. 



The diaphragm was a great surprise. Around the sides 

 and at the base of attachment, running up a distance of 

 about a foot, there was a mass of muscle that, at the point 

 of its attachment, was just over 3 inches thick. 



The chest capacity, compared with that of the rhinoceros, 

 was much larger; the lungs weighed 306 pounds. 



The heart lay low in the chest, in the median line. It 

 measured 51 inches in circumference and weighed 57M 

 pounds. The wall of the aorta was extremely heavy and, in 

 comparison, the wall of the vena cava seemed exceptionally 

 thin. I thrust my arm into the aorta. 



For the most part, the bony skeleton was cancellous and 

 light, and this was especially true in the case of the skull. 

 The bones that were directly weight-bearing were dense 

 and very difficult to cut with an ax. The muscle attached to 

 the periosteum was so firm that it was necessary to chop it 

 off with a hatchet. The weight of the trunk, or proboscis, 

 without the skin, was 264 pounds. The head alone, without 

 the trunk and skin, weighed 625 pounds. The skin of the 



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