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about three feet long, and a skin which is rolled up into 

 large folds at the neck and shoulders. 



§ 212. The African Rhinoceros (Rhinocerus africanus) 

 is distinguished from the Asiatic, by having two horns on 

 the nose ; and his skin, though very rough and hard, is 

 not rolled up in folds. 



\ 213. The horn upon the nose of the Rhinoceros 

 serves as a weapon of defence against the assaults of 

 lions and tigers ; and his thick impenetrable skin is invul- 

 nerable to the attacks of the most ferocious animals. 



§ 214. The Rhinoceros feeds on rice, the sugar-cane, 

 leaves, and on thistles and thorny shrubs. He has a peace- 

 ful disposition, and never attacks men or other animals, 

 unless provoked ; but he is a stupid and untractable 

 animal. 



§215. The flesh of the Rhinoceros is reckoned excel- 

 lent by the Indians and Negroes ; his skin makes the 

 hardest and best leather in the world ; the horn is more 

 esteemed than the ivory of the Elephant ; and all the 

 other parts of his body, even his blood, are deemed to 

 be antidotes against poison, and some other diseases. 



QUESTIONS ON SECT. X. 



§183. What are Many-hoofed Mammalia? Name some of them. 



§ 184. Describe the Hog. 



§ 185. Describe the Wild Boar. 



§ 186. How can it be shown that it is the original stock of the domes- 

 tic hog? 



§ 187. What is the peculiarity of the domestic hog, with respect to its 

 appetite ? 



§ 188. What use is made of it ? 



§ 189. On what does the Wild Boar feed ? 



§ 190. What use is made of the hog in Minorca? 



§ 191. What use do the Mohammedans and Chinese make of it ? 



§192. In what countries, and to whom, is the use of pork injurious? 



§ 193. How long will a hog live, and how mauy young does it pro- 

 duce ? 



§ 194. Describe the Peccary 



§ 195. Describe the Tapir. 



§ 196. What is the disposition, food, and use of the Tapir? 



§ 197. Describe the River-horse. 



§ 198. What is his size and weight, and what said the ancients about 

 him? 



§199. What ishis.peculiarity? 



§200. What use is made of him? 



§201. Describe the Asiatic Elephant. 



