HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



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THE TWO-HORNED RHINOCEROS. 

 (Rhinoceros Bi corn is, Linn.) 



\\ T E have given the figure of this hitherto un- 

 described animal, from. Mr. Sparrman, whose 

 authenticity there is every reason to depend upon, 

 and who has given a most exact anatomical descrip- 

 tion of it. Of two that were shot, he mentions only 

 the size of the smaller of them; which was eleven 

 feet and a half long, seven feet high, and twelve in 

 circumference. Its skin was without any folds, and 

 of an ash colour ; excepting about the groin, where 

 it was flesh-coloured : the surface was scabrous and 

 knotty, of a close texture, and when dry, extremely 

 hard. There were no hairs on any part of the body, 

 except the edges of the ears and the tip of the tail, 

 on which were a few dark bristly hairs, about an 

 inch long. 



The horns are placed one behind the other, in a 

 line with the nose : the foremost of them measures 



