1873.] A SUMATRAN RHINOCEROS. 105 



little one removed from the den, fearing that, during the lifting and 

 moving to the van or trolley, she might be thrown or tumbled on to 

 the little one and crush it. No sooner, however, was the den safely 

 landed on the carriage, than she exhibited signs of restlessness, and it 

 was thought desirable that the young one should be replaced with its 

 mother; this was done, and the keeper, Mr. Auguste Engelecke, 

 entered the den and remained with the animals during the tourney 

 from the tidal basin of the Victoria Docks to the Commercial Road. 

 On arriving at the stables of Mr. Rice in the Commercial Road it 

 required some time to unload the large den from the trolley and get 

 it into the stable ; and in order to prevent accident to the young one 

 we again removed it from its mother and conveyed it at once into 

 the house, taking it in blankets into the parlour, where there was a 

 good fire. Here we had quite enough to do to keep it from runnin* 

 all over the room, so strong and determined it appeared to be 

 As soon as the mother was safely lodged in the stable, the little 

 one was carried in a blanket by two men and placed with its mo- 

 ther, and immediately went to her and commenced suckin- A 

 very remarkable circumstance connected with the mother was her 

 unexpected quietness ; for she had, previously to the birth of the 

 young one been inclined to attack the keeper or any one who went 

 near her ; but after the young one was born, she allowed the keeper 

 to enter the den and milk her as quietly as the tamest cow ; and 

 moreover after she was in the stable, I and the rest were inside with 

 her and the young one, patting and caressing her with our hands as 

 though she were a tame old pet that had been used to receive this 

 marked attention from visitors. It has occurred to me -Since that 

 she was probably m the sulks ; for I remember the account of the 

 Hairy-eared Rhinoceros when being removed in Calcutta : she turned 

 su ky and lay down in the street, and it was with the greatest diffi- 

 culty she was dragged or rather slid along over the muddy road to 

 the stable; so stubborn and determined not to move was she that 

 although hundreds of pails of water were thrown over her, she would 

 not nse. Was our animal nowunder consideration quiet by being under 

 the influence of the sulks ? I think this must have been the case ; for 

 she allowed the men to enter the den, and some were pushing at her 

 nose, others pulling her ears to back her out, and all this was done 

 without any attempt on her part to resent or injure her tormentors*. 

 Now, believing the statement of Mr. Engelecke, this animal had been 



Ca 5 ™ J? Ut V ttle 0ver seTen months on her arrival in the docks • 

 and Mr. Engelecke told me that her captors had witnessed the act of 

 her copulation just before she was caught in the pitfall : we may pre- 

 sume therefore, that the period of gestation does not differ much 

 from that of the Hippopotamus. 



* Since the foregoing was written, my suspicion has been fully confirmed- 

 for only a few days afterwards her sayage disposition and temped caused Mr 



SwfSii Th tS "V^ 08 ^™' lest 8he sh0lUd escape from the stable 

 or kill some of the men who attended to her ; for she broke and smashed almost 



SKSS Wlthl ° h 1 er 1 re ^' ™* they had the greatest difficulty in getting her 

 into the den in which she was shipped to America. 8 



