ioo THE RHINOCEROS. 



me to think, that he is altogether unconquerable, 

 and that he could eafily overtake any man who 

 fliould offend him. 



This rhinoceros, at the age of two years, was 

 not taller than a young cow ihat has never pro- 

 duced. But his body was very long and very 

 thick. His head was difproportionally large. 

 From the ears to the horn there is a concavity, 

 the txvo extremities of which, namely the upper 

 end of the muzzle, and the part near the ears, 

 are confiderably raifed. The horn, which was 

 not yet above an inch high, was black, fmooth 

 at the top, but full of wrinkles directed back- 

 ward at the bafe. The noftirls are fituated ve- 

 ry low, being not above an inch diffant from 

 the opening of the mouth. The under lip is 

 pretty fimiiar to that of the ox ; but the upper 

 lip has a greater refemblance to that of the horfe, 

 with this advantageous difference, that the rhi- 

 no, eros can lengthen this lip, move it fom fide 

 to fr.le, roll it about a ftaff, and feize with it a- 

 nv object he wifhes to carry to his mouth. The 

 tongue of this young rhinoceros was foft, like 

 that of a calf,* His eyes nad no vivacity: In 



rig u re, 



* Mod voyagers and all naturalifts, both ancient and mo- 

 dern, tell us, that the tongue of the rhinoceros is very rough, 

 and its papillae lb (harp, that with the tongue alone, he tore 

 the flefli from a man's body even to the bones. This fad, 

 ■which is every where related, appears to be very fuipicious 

 an-H ill imagined ; becaufe the rhinoceros does not eat flefh> 

 and animals, in general, which have rough tongues, are fel- 

 dom carnivorous. 



