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Dcliind till it meets another transverse one, which 

 runs from the side of the tail forward, and is lost 

 before it reaches within two inches of that of the 

 loins. The legs are thick and strong ; those 

 before, when he stands firm, bend back at the 

 knee, a great way from a straight line, being very 

 round, and somewhat taper downwards. The 

 hinder legs are also very strong, bending back- 

 wards at the joint to a blunt angle, under which 

 the limbs grow smaller, and the*i becomes 

 gradually thicker, as it approaches the foot ; so 

 also does that part of the fore leg. About the 

 joint of each of his legs, there is a remarkable 

 plica when he bends them in lying down, which 

 disappears when he stands." 



Another specimen, as we have mentioned, was 

 exhibited in London in 1815, and a good figure 

 appeared in Griffith. This animal, to judge from 

 the figure, was of a much greater age than Dr 

 Parsons', the horn lengthened, and appearing a 

 formidable weapon. 



The animal recorded by F. Cuvier as being in 

 the Parisian menagerie, is nearly thus noticed. 

 The height, at the most elevated part of the back, 

 was four feet ten inches, and its entire length 

 about nine feet. The body was covered with a 

 thick tuberculated and almost naked skin, formed 

 into irregular folds. The natural colour of the 

 skin, was a dull grayish violet, but it appeared 



