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tog small,, and he only sees strait forward ; therefore 

 he always runs in a strait line, tearing up whatever 

 stands in his way. With his horn he throws stones over 

 his head to a great distance, and even tears up trees 

 by the roots. 



The outer skin of the Rhinoceros, which consists 

 of many folds, is thick and impenetrable. In running 

 one's lingers under one of the folds, it feels like a 

 piece of board half an inch thick ; but between the 

 folds the skin is as smooth and soft as silk, and easily 

 penetrated. See here the wisdom of the great Creator ! 

 If the outer skin, which is quite inflexible, was con- 

 tinued all over him without any fold, he could not 

 perform any action whatever ; but the suppleness of 

 skin in other beasts, is compensated in this by these 

 folds. It was necessary his skin should be hard for his 

 defence: mean time, it was a noble contrivance that 

 it should be so soft and smooth underneath, that when 

 be bends himself any way, one part of this board-like 

 skin, should slide over the other* And these folds are 1 

 plutvd m such parts of his body as to facilitate the per* 

 formauce of every voluntary motion, 



Another native of the East Indies is the Camel, one 

 of the most serviceable animals in the world. He kneels 

 down to receive his burden, and rises when he hath his 

 accustomed load. If he feels himself over-burdened, 

 he will not rise, but cry till part of it is taken off. One 

 of them will carry a thousand or twelve hundred 

 weight, forty miles a day, for thirty or lorty days to* 

 gether. They have no teeth in the upper jaw. They 

 will travel forty hours without either meat or drink, 

 and nine days without drink : they have two stomachs 

 admirably contrived for this purpose. Tne gentleman 

 who dissected one at Paris, found in his second stomach 

 several square holes, which were the orifices of about 

 twenty cavities, made like sacks, placed between the 

 two membranes, which compose the substance of the 

 stomach. And in these reservoirs he contains water 

 euough to serve him for * many days. 



