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the top of the horn to the bottom of his lower 

 lip, seems shaped like a bell, namely, small and 

 narrow at top, with a broad base. His under lip 

 js like that of an ox, but the upper more like 

 that of a horse ; using it, as that creature does, to 

 gather the hay from the rack, or grass from the 

 ground ; with this difference, that the Rhinoceros 

 has a power of stretching it out above six inches, 

 to a point, and doubling it round a stick or one's 

 finger, holding it fast ; so that, as to that action, 

 it is not unlike the proboscis of an Elephant. 



" As to the tongue of the Rhinoceros, though it 

 be confidently reported by authors, that it is so 

 rough as to be capable of rubbing a man's flesh 

 from his bones ; yet that of our present animal is 

 soft, and as smooth as that of a calf; which Dr 

 Parsons often felt, having had his hand sucked 

 several times by him. Whether it may grow 

 more rough as the beast grows older, we cannot 

 say. His eyes are dull and sleepy, much like 

 a hog in shape, and situated nearer the nose than 

 that of any quadruped ever seen, which he very 

 seldom opens entirely. His ears are broad and 

 thin towards the tops, much like those of a hog ; 

 but have each a narrow round root with some 

 rugae about it ; and rises, as it were, out of a 

 sinus surrounded with a plica. His neck is very 

 short, being that part which lies between the back 

 edge of the jaw and the plica of the shoulder; on 



