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colour drawing taken by Mr. Wolf in 1872, from which Plate XCV. has been litho- 
graphed. He is of enormous size, and measures about 5 feet 3 inches in height at the 
shoulder, and about 10 feet 6 inches in length along the back from the tip of the nose 
to the root of the tail. 
In August 1870 a curious accident befell this animal, which I recorded as follows in 
the ‘ Proceedings’ for 1871 (p. 8 et seq.):— 
“Our male and female Indian Rhinoceroses having been placed in the adjoining 
yards, in front of the new Elephant-house, on the 10th of August last the male made 
frequent attempts to raise the lower transverse bar of the strong iron railing that 
separates the two enclosures, by placing his horn under it. After repeating these 
attempts several times, in spite of the interference of the keepers, his efforts were such 
that the horn became suddenly detached under the violent pressure to which it was 
subjected, and rolled off into the yard. The animal appeared to be much hurt, and 
roared lustily for a few minutes. There was a considerable loss of blood from the 
wound, which, however, healed in a few days, neat’s-foot oil being applied to it to keep 
off the flies. 
Head of male Rhinoceros before the horn was torn off (August 10th, 1870). 
“The horn, as will be seen (fig. 2), measures about 12 inches in length along its 
anterior surface, which curves gradually backwards; the widened base is 8} inches in 
long diameter, and 5 inches across. The lower surface presents a considerable cavity, 
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