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Islands, and was first discovered in Sumatra by 

 Dr Horsfield and Sir Stamford Raffles, while the 

 distinctions were pointed out and the name applied 

 by Baron Cuvier. 



Length of hind feet, from the fold of the skin, 



to the toes, 18 



Girth of ditto, 2 6 J 



Width from the Tygoma over the skull, 1 5 



Width from the same point under the skull, 3 

 Length from the fold of the skin, at the back 



of the head, to the tip of the lower jaw, 2 OJ 

 Width of the fold of the skin straight across 



the shoulder, .... 1 11 



Width of the fold of skin straight along the 



body, 2 10 



Girth of the middle of the belly, . 9 4 



Girth of the neck within the folds, 4 4 1 



Space between the base of the ears, . 4 



Length of the ears, 1 Of 



Space from the ear to the eye, . 10 

 Space from the eye to the nostril, ..09 



Length of the eye, .... 02 



I have said nothing of the general appearance of the 

 animal, because the common engravings give a very correct 

 idea of its figure. Its eye is dull, and its disposition is 

 heavy and sluggish, seeming inclined to sleep a good deal. 

 The keeper appears to have it in great subjection ; but on 

 one occasion, during his absence, it shewed a sudden 

 ebullition of irritation, when it repeatedly knocked its 

 head with considerable violence against the wall with 

 great quickness ; but on the reappearance of the keeper, 

 immediately became tranquil. The only noise I have 

 ever heard it emit, was like the lowing of a calf. Much 

 has been written about the roughness of the tongue ; the 

 tongue of this individual appears to me to be very similar 

 to that of a cow, except that it is much thinner at the 

 point. 



