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THE INDIAN RHINOCEROS. 



Rhinoceros Indicus. Cuv. 

 PLATES VIII. and IX. 



R. unicornis, Linn. Indian Rhinoceros, Dr Parsons 

 Griffith's Cuvier Menagerie du Musee. 



THIS is the oldest known species of modern days. 

 It has been figured by Albert Durer, Dr Parsons, 

 and Edwards ; more lately by Frederick Cuvier, 

 in his great work, and by Griffiths, in the Animal 

 Kingdom of Cuvier, both from the same animal, 

 which was first exhibited in London, and after- 

 wards reached the Parisian menagerie. Dr Par- 

 sons' account was taken from a specimen exhibited 

 in London in 1739 ; the animal was young, and 

 the horn had scarcely reached the length of more 

 than an inch. We add a great portion of his 

 interesting and minute description. 



" He was fed here with rice, sugar, and hay: of 

 the first he ate seven pounds mixed with three of 

 sugar every day, divided into three meals ; and 



