426 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



movement which was allowed him, was a further cause for 

 requiring but little of him, as for example, to open his 

 mouth, to turn his head to the right, or to the left, to lift 

 up his leg, &c. &c. 



He was thicker and still more unwieldy in his proportions 

 than the Elephant, although he was less in general size. His 

 height was about five feet six inches, and his length nearly 

 eight feet. The whole body was covered with a very thick 

 tuberculous skin nearly naked, and disposed in irregular 

 folds. His colour when dry, was gray with a violet tint, but 

 it was found necessary to keep his skin constantly lubri- 

 cated, to prevent its chapping ; under the folds the animal 

 was flesh-coloured. On the outer side of the limbs, on the 

 knees and head, the tubercles of the skin were greatly elon- 

 gated, and resembled horny threads attached parallelly to 

 each other; the few hairs to be found principally on the 

 tail and the ears, were stiff, thick, and straight; there were 

 a few others, however, on other parts of the body, which 

 were curled, and, although thick and hard, had a woolly 

 appearance. 



The senses of this animal, except that of touch, appeared 

 tolerably delicate. He frequently made use of that of 

 smell, and preferred saccharine fruits, and even sugar itself, 

 to all other food. He collected and held everything in- 

 tended for the mouth with his moveable upper lip; and 

 when he ate hay, he formed it first into little bunches, which 

 he placed between his teeth by means of his tongue. 



The power of this species is frequently displayed to a 

 surprising degree when hunting it. A few years ago, a 

 party of Europeans, with their native attendants and ele- 

 phants, when out on the dangerous sport of hunting 

 these animals, met with a herd of seven of them, led, as 

 it appeared, by one larger and stronger than the rest. 

 When the large rhinoceros charged the hunters, the lead- 

 ing elephants, instead of using their tusks or weapons, 



