

V ERTEBRATA. 



INDIAN KHINOCEUOS. 



. b few hairs, which are stiff and bristly, and mostly confined to the edges of the ears and 

 end of the tail. 



inimals arc fonnd in the same reiri< >ns of the < Md World as those inhabited by the ele- 

 phant-; they live lik.- them in the forests, and feed exclusively upon coarse herbage and the leafy 

 js of tr . Bhrnhs, They appear, as a general rule, to be peaceable animals, unless irri- 



i ; in tl they charge with great fnry upon their enemy, holding the head down, so as 



tit the : the horn toward him. They are generally hunted merely for the sake of 



\ but the natives of the countries inhabited by them kill them for the flesh ; walking-sticks 

 .• beauty are cut out of their thick hides, and their horns arc worked into boxes and 



