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to which, besides, in its general form, it bears 

 some outward resemblance in the shape of its 

 skull, and the smallness of its eyes, and the pro- 

 portionate size of its ears ; but in its shapeless 

 clumsy legs and feet, it more resembles the 

 Hippopotamus and Elephant. Its length, over 

 the forehead, and along the back, from the 

 extremity of the nose to the insertion of the tail, 

 was eleven feet two inches, of English measure ; 

 but in a direct line, not more than nine feet three 

 inches. The tail, which, at its extremity, was 

 compressed or flattened vertically, measured 

 twenty inches, and the circumference of the 

 largest part of the body, eight feet four inches." 

 There was no hair, except on the edges of the 

 ears, and on the extremity of the tail. The 

 skin, though thick and strong, did not flatten the 

 balls which did not strike some bone." They 

 were, however, of a mixture of lead and tin ; and 

 Mr Burchell admits, that bullets of pure lead, 

 fired with a small charge, or at too great a distance, 

 would fall from the strong part of the folds, 

 flattened and harmless. 



The Rhinoceros of Africa does not seem to be 

 looked upon with the same terror by the natives 

 or Hottentots, as the animal of India. He pos- 

 sesses the same keen and nice smell, and delicate 

 sense of hearing, and can only be approached 



