VOL. XLII.] PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. 6q5 



As to the tongue of the rhinoceros, though it be confidently reported by 

 authors, that it is so rough as to be capable of rubbing a man's flesh from his 

 bones; yet that of our present animal is soft, and as smooth as that of a calf; 

 which Dr. P. often felt, having had his hand sucked several times by him. 

 Whether it may grow more rough, as the beast grows older, we cannot say. 

 His eyes are dull and sleepy, much like those of a hog in shape, and situated 

 nearer the nose than that of any quadruped ever seen; which he very seldom 

 opens entirely. His ears are broad and thin towards the tops, much like those 

 of a hog; but have each a narrow round root with some rugae about it; and 

 rises, as it were, out of a sin\is surrounded with a plica. His neck is very 

 short, being that part which lies between the back edge of the jaw and the 

 plica of the shoulder; on this part there are two distinct folds, which go quite 

 round it, only the fore one is broken underneath, and has a hollow flap hang- 

 ing from it, so deep that it would contain a man's fist shut, the concave side 

 being forward. From the middle of the hinder one of these folds or plicae, 

 arises another, which, passing backwards along the neck, is lost before it 

 reaches that which surrounds the fore part of the body. His shoulders are 

 very thick and heavy, and have each another fold downward, that crosses the . 

 foreleg; and, almost meeting that of the fore part of the body, just men- 

 tioned, they both double under the belly close behind the fore leg. 



His body, in general, is very thick, and juts out at the sides, like that of a 

 cow with calf. He has a hollow in his back, which is mostly forward, but 

 backwards, the line or ridge rises much higher than that of the withers ; and, 

 forming the plica on the loins, falls down suddenly to the tail, making an un- 

 even line. His belly hangs low, being not far from the ground, as it sinks 

 much in the middle. From the highest point in his back, the plica of the 

 loins runs down on each side between the last ribs and the hip, and is lost be- 

 fore it comes to the belly; but, above the place of its being lost, another arises, 

 and runs backward round the hind legs, a little above the joint; this he calls 

 the crural fold, which turns up behind till it meets another transverse one, 

 which runs from the side of the tail forward, and is lost before it reaches within 

 1 inches of that of the loins. The legs are thick and strong; those before, 

 when he stands firm, bend back at the knee, a great way from a straight line, 

 being very round, and somewhat taper downwards. The hinder legs are also 

 very strong, bending backwards at the joint to a blunt angle, under which the 

 limb grows smaller, and then becomes gradually thicker, as it approaches the 

 foot; so also does that part of the fore leg. About the joint of each of his 

 legs, there is a remarkable plica when he bends them in lying down, which 

 disappears when he stands. 



