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them; and on the first suspicion of this take to flight. 

 Therefore it is only by approaching them against the wind, 

 or from the leeward, that the hunter can ever expect to get 

 within musket-shot. Yet, in doing this, he must move 

 silently and cautiously, so as not to make the least noise in 

 the bushes as he passes through them; otherwise their hear- 

 ing is so exceedingly quick, that they would instantly take 

 alarm, and move far away to some more undisturbed spot. 

 But the dangerous part of the business is, that when they 

 are thus disturbed, they sometimes become furious and take 

 it into their head to pursue their enemy; and then, if they 

 once get sight of the hunter, it is impossible for him to 

 escape, unless he possess a degree of coolness and presence 

 of mind, which, in such a case, is not always to be found. 

 Yet, if he will quietly wait till the enraged animal make a 

 run at him, and will then spring suddenly on one side to let 

 it pass, he may gain time enough for re-loading his gun 

 before the Rhinoceros get sight of him again; which for- 

 tunately, it does slowly, and with difficulty. The knowledge 

 of this imperfection of sight, which is occasioned perhaps 

 by the excessive smallness of the aperture of the eye (its 

 greatest length being Only one inch) in proportion to the 

 bulk of the animal, encourages the hunter to advance with- 

 out taking much pains to conceal himself; and, by attending 

 to the usual precautions just mentioned, he may safely 

 approach within musket-shot. This creature seems to take 

 as much pleasure in wallowing in the mud as the Hog." 



The best accounts and figures, till lately, published of the 

 Indian Rhinoceros, are by Parsons, {Philosophical Trans- 

 actions,) by Edwards, {Gleanings, vol. i.) and by Thomas, 

 {Philosophical Transactions, 1800.) Since the times, how- 

 ever, of these publications in 1815,aspecimen was exhibited 

 alive in this country, from which our engraving from a 

 drawing by Mr. Landseer is taken. This individual was 

 afterwards taken to Paris, and M. F. Cuvier in his great 



