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broimliton an inflammation that about nine months 

 afterwards occasioned his death. It is a singular 

 fact that in the incisions which were made, on the 

 first attempts to recover the animal, through his 

 thick and tough hide, the w^ounds were invariably 

 found to be healed in the course of twenty-four 

 hours. He died in a caravan at Corsham near 

 Portsmouth. When the carriage arrived at the lat- 

 ter place, the stench arising from the body was so 

 offensive, that the Mayor was under the necessity 

 of ordering it to be immediately buried. This was 

 accordingly done, on South Sea Common. About 

 a fortnight afterwards, during the night, and un- 

 known to any of the people of Portsmouth, it was 

 dug up for the purpose of preserving its skin, and 

 some of the most valuable of the bones. Tlie per- 

 sons present dechired, that the stench was so power- 

 ful, that it was not without the greatest difficulty 

 they could proceed in their operations. It was plain- 

 ly perceptible at the distance of more than half a 

 mile. 



The other Rhinoceros thatw-as at Exeter 'Change 

 was considerably smaller than this, and was likewise 

 a male. It v/as brought over about the year 1709, 

 and lived not more than twelve months afterwards. 

 An agent of the Emperor of Germany purchased it 

 of Mr. Pidcock for lOOOl. It died in a stable-yard 

 in Drury Lane, after he had been in possession of 

 it about two n months. 



