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the bashes around them for hours at a time, uttering 

 a strange noise, something like the combination of a 

 grunt and a whistle. Their flesh is rather like beef, 

 perhaps having even a finer flavour. They go about 

 singly or in pairs, are very active, and pursue any object 

 which attracts them with a perseverance which is quite 

 ludicrous. According to Major Harris, much of the 

 brain lies under the horns ; and he saw them sometimes 

 assemble in herds of thirty-two. The best place to 

 aim at, when it is desirable to kill them, is behind the 

 shoulder. Before they charge, they stand rolling their 

 body from side to side. They become furious at the 

 sight of fire, and in order to get at it they dash forward 

 with mad fury, nor rest till they have scattered and 

 extinguished all the burning wood. 



The White Rhinoceroses have a longer neck than 

 the other. Their muzzle is shorter and more square, 

 resembling that of the ox. 



Most of the rhinoceroses brought to Europe have 

 been remarkably good-tempered and docile ; but one 

 which was kept in Exeter Change was only kept in 

 order by the whip, no kindness having any effect upon 

 him, especially in his sudden fits of fury, which were of 

 the most frightful violence. 



Mr. Burchell's measurement of a rhinoceros made 

 him eleven feet from the tip of the nose to the insertion 

 of the tail, and the girth of the body was eight feet 

 four inches. 



- Some years ago,' says Captain Brown, ; a party of 

 Europeans, with their native attendants and elephants 

 (of course this must have been in India), met with a 

 small band of seven (rhinoceroses). These were led by 

 . larger and more powerful animal than the rest. When 



