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THE FLAT-NOSED RHINOCEROS. 



Rhinoceros Simus BURCHELL. 



PLATE XIII. 

 Burchell, Journal de Phys. African Travels, ii. p. 75. 



THE seconi African species is so named from 

 its flattened nose and mouth, by which distinc- 

 tions it is easily known from the last, as well as 

 by the different proportions of its head, and its 

 greater size. 



The following is Mr BurchelPs account of this 

 Rhinoceros : 



" In my travels in the interior of Southern 

 Africa, I met with this animal for the first time 

 near the 26 of latitude, inhabiting the immense 

 plains, where they are wild during the greatest part 

 of the year. They frequent the fountain every 

 day, not only for drink, but also for the purpose 

 of rolling in the mud, which, by adhering to a 

 skin entirely free from hairs, serves to protect them 

 from the scorching heat of the climate. The size is 



