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M A M M A L I A— R HINOCEROS. 



or shyness, but seemed constantly intent upon getting something to eat. 

 It fed upon hay, potatoes, and grain, and so greedy was its appetite, that 

 nothing came amiss. Another recently arrived at Boston, and died in the 

 harbor. It was about a third larger than the one above mentioned. Its 

 skeleton, beautifully prepared, is noAV in the Cabinet of the Boston Society 

 of Natural History. 



We have seen that this animal has a good ear ; it is also affirmed, that 

 he has the sense of smelling in perfection ; but it is pretended he has not a 

 good eye, and sees only before him. His eyes are so small, and placed 

 so low, and so obliquely, they have so little vivacity and motion, that this 

 fact needs no other confirmation. His voice, when he is calm, resembles 

 the grunting of a hog ; and when he is angry, his sharp cries are heard at 

 •a great distance. Though he lives upon vegetables, he does not ruminate ; 

 thus, it is probable, that, like the elephant, he has but ono stomach, and 

 very large bowels, which supply the office of the paunch. His consumption, 

 though very great, is not comparable to that of the elephant ; and it ap- 

 pears, by the thickness of his skin, that he loses less than the elephant 

 his perspiration. 



Two species of the two homed rhinoceros are found in South Africa. 

 The following figure was drawn from life, by Mr Melville, and conveys an 

 accurate representation of the species, which abounds most in the Bechuana 



country. The horn of the female is, however, much longer and more 

 slender than that of the male, being three and a half feet long. Being a 

 strong, ponderous, and elastic substance, it is much prized', by the natives, 

 for handles to their battle-?ixes. The secondary horn is, in many instances, 

 so small as to be scarcely perceptible at a little distance. 



