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muzzle to the origin of the tail, and the circum- 

 ference of his body is nearly equal to his length*. 



In 



China, -col, i. p. 120. Faunul. Sinenf. Chiengtuenden and. Elker- 

 kedon in Perfia ; Pietro delta Valle, torn. 4. p. 245. Chardin, torn. 

 3. p. 45. Arou hafifi, according to Thevenot ; Relation de di- 

 vers voyages, p. IO. 



Rhinoceros ; Plin. lib. 8. c. 20. Gefner. quad. p. 842. Rail 

 Jynppf. p. 122. Klein, quad. p. 26. Grew 's Muf. p. 29. Worm. 

 Muf. p. 336. Brijon. quad. p. J 8. Phil. Tranf. abrid. vol. 9. p. 93. 

 Kolben, v r A. 2. p. I o 1 . 



Rhinoceros unicornis; Linn. fyjl. nat. p. 104. Edwards's 

 Gleanings of Natural Hijl. p. 221. 



Rhinoceros, a /><s et xEg«$. Naricomis Catelani. It is called 

 Noemba in Java ; Tuabba, Nabba, at the Cape of Good Hope ; 

 Nqzorozec, Zebati, in Poland ; and Gomala in India. 



* I have in my poflcffion a figure of a rhinoceros, drawn 

 by an officer of the Shaftfbury Eaff India velfel in the year 

 1737. The figure correfponds very well with mine. The a- 

 nimal died in the palfage from the Eaff Indies to Britain. 

 This officer had written the following note at the bottom of 

 the figure. ' His back was about feven feet high. His colour 

 1 refembled that of a hog whofe ikin is beginning to dry ar- 

 4 ter wallowing in the mire. He had three hoofs on each 

 ' foot. The folds ot his ikin lay backward on each other. Be- 



< tween thefe folds were harboured infects, miilepeds, fcorpions, 

 « Imall ferpents, &c. He was not above three years old when 



< his figure was drawn. His penis, when extended, fpread 

 « out in the form of a flower de luce.' in a corner of the plate I 

 have given a figure of the penis. As this figure was commu- 

 nicated to me by Dr Tyfon, I had not an opportunity of con- 

 futing the author, whether thefe noxious infetts, which he 

 fays take up their abode in the folds of the animal's ikin, were 

 feen by himfelf, or whether he only related what had been 

 told him by the Indians. I acknowledge that the facl appears 

 very lingular; Edwards' s Gleanings, p. 25. Note. This laft face 

 is not only doubtful, but that of the animal's age, compared 

 With his largenefs; appears to be faffe. We faw a rhinoceros 



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