.,;; CASSELL'S POPULAR NATURAL HISTORY. 



him. When roused he is a most formidable antagonist, and, such is the keenness of his senses of 

 liraring and smell, that, unless you very cautiously approach him against the direction of the wind, it 

 is almost impossible to take him by surprise. On the appearance of danger he generally retreats to his 

 covert in the tangled ami almost impenetrable jungle, but not always, and instances are recorded in 



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THE ISDIAN RHINOCEROS. 



which, sniffing up the air and throwing his head violently about, he has rushed with fury to the 

 attack. There are, in fact, seasons in which the rhinoceros is very dangerous, and impetuously attacks 

 every animal that attracts his notice, or ventures near his haunts, even the elephant himself. 



The horn of the rhinoceros has been strangely regarded, from the earliest times, either as an 



