NATURALISTS CABINET. 



Description, manners, &c. 



ever consists in the nose being furnished with 

 two horns,, one of which is smaller than the other, 

 and situated above it. These horns are said to 

 be loose when the animal is in a quiet state, but 

 when he is angry, they become firm and inv 

 moveable. 



Le Vaillant asserts, that when these animals 

 are at rest, they always place themselves in the 

 direction of the wind, with their noses towards 

 it, in order to discover by their smell the ap- 

 proach of any enemies. When irritated they 

 tear up the ground furiously with their horn; 

 throwing the earth and stones to a vast distance, 

 over their heads. 



Mr. Bruce's account of the manners of these 

 animals is too interesting to be omitted in a 

 work of this description : te Besides the trees ca^ 

 pable of most resistance," says this traveller, 

 " there are, in the vast forests within the rains, 

 trees of a softer consistence, and of a very succu- 

 lent quality, which seem to be destined for the 

 principal food of this animal. For the purpose of 

 gaining the highest branches of these, his upper 

 lip is capable of being lengthened out so as to 

 increase his power of laying hold with it, in the 

 same manner as the elephant does with his trunk. 

 With this lip, and the assistance of his tongue, 

 he pulls down the upper branches, which have 

 most leaves, and these he devours first. Having 

 stripped the tree of its branches, he does not 

 immediately abandon it; but, placing his snout as 



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