IG8 THE INDIAN RHINOCEROS. 



this part there are two distinct folds, which go 

 quite round it, only the fore one is broken under- 

 neath, and has a hollow flap hanging from it, so 

 deep that it would contain a man's fist shut, the con- 

 cave side being forward. From the middle of the 

 hinder one of these folds or plicae, arises another, 

 which, passing backwards along the neck, is lost 

 before it reaches that which surrounds the fore 

 part of the body. His shoulders are very thick 

 and heavy, and have each another fold downward, 

 that crosses the fore leg ; and almost meeting that 

 of the fore part of the body just mentioned, they 

 both double under the belly close behind the 

 fore leg. 



" His body, in general, is very thick, and juts 

 out at the sides like that of a cow with calf. He 

 has a hollow in his back, which is mostly forward, 

 but backwards, the line or ridge rises much higher 

 than that of the withers ; and, forming the plica 

 on the loins, falls down suddenly to the tail, 

 making an uneven line. His belly hangs low, 

 being not far from the ground, as it sinks much in 

 the middle. From the highest point in his back, 

 the plica of the loins runs down on each side 

 between the last ribs and the hip, and is lost 

 before it comes to the belly ; but, above the place 

 of its being lost, another arises, and runs back- 

 ward round the hind legs, a little above the joint ; 

 this he calls the crural fold, wbioh turns up 



