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we have an interesting account from the pen of Dr. 

 Horsfield, who saw a specimen in what we may term 

 a state of domestication in its native island. He 

 describes it as perfectly mild and gentle, allowing 

 visitors even to mount it, and suffering itself to be 

 driven back to its enclosure when it strayed. It 

 fed on leaves and twigs of trees, and plantains, 

 and other fruits. It was very fond of wallowing 

 in the streams, and at last, after about six years' 

 captivity, was accidentally drowned in a rivulet.* 

 The skin of this species is covered with small tuber- 

 cles. The habits of the Sumatran Rhinoceros ,are 

 almost unknown. 



Of the two-horned kinds inhabiting the South of 

 Africa, we have already noticed the peculiarity in 

 the lip of R. Simus ; the Keitloa is distinguished 

 from R. Bicornis by the longer muzzle, and by the 

 second horn being as tall as the front one, or taller. 

 The colour of them all seems to be a light brown 

 or drab, and' their manners as far as known are nearly 

 alike. The following quotations give us some idea 

 of their violence, referring to R. Bicornis : " On 

 our route we met a celebrated elephant hunter, a 

 Hottentot of the name of Skipper, whose horse had 

 lately been killed under him by a Rhinoceros. He 

 stated, that before he had time to raise his gun to 

 his shoulder, the animal rushed at him with great 

 fury, thrust its horn into the horse's chest, throw- 

 ing horse, Hottentot and all, over its back. The 

 Rhinoceros went off without attempting to do him 



* Zool. Res. in Java. 



