178 ONE-HORNED SUMATRAN RHINOCEROS. 



largest animal in Java, its passions are not roused, 

 as in many parts of India, by contentions with the 

 Elephant. It is rarely seen in a domestic state, 

 but it is occasionally decoyed into pits, and 

 destroyed. Our animal rambles chiefly at night, 

 and often occasions serious injury to the planta- 

 tions of coffee and pepper, which are laid out in 

 the fertile districts selected for its retreat. 



" The horns and skin are employed for medicinal 

 purposes by the natives." * 



HorsfielfTs Zool. Researches in Java. 



