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him for a minute, till the bleeding had recovered 

 him." 



It has been often asserted that the tongue of the 

 Rhinoceros is so hard and rough, as to take away 

 the skin and flesh wherever it licks any person thai 

 has unfortunately fallen a victim to its fury *. Dr. 

 Sparrman says, however, that he thrust his hand 

 into the mouth of one that had just been shot_, and 

 found the tongue perfectly soft and smooth. — The 

 cavity which contained the brain of one of these 

 huge animals, was only six inches long and four 

 deep ; and, being filled with pease, was found to 

 hold barely a quart ; while a human skull, measur- 

 ed at the same time, took above two quarts to fill it. 



The Hottentots, and even ^ome of the inhabi- 

 tants of the Cape, set a high value on the dried 

 blood of the Rhinoceros, to which they ascrile 

 great virtues in the cure of many disorders of the 

 body. The flesh is eatable, but it is very full qf 

 sinews. 



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THESE animals have no front teeth in cither 

 jaw ; and from the upper jaw proceed two long 

 and stout tusks, which, in a state of nature, are 

 used in tearing up trees for food, and as weapons 

 of defence against their enemies. They have a 

 long, cartilaginous^ prehensile trunk, which is ca- 



Kolbcii, ii. 103. 



