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that Rhinoceroses described as existing in the southeast of China belong 

 to this species. The Burmans speak of the Fire-eating Rhinoceros, and 

 Professor Oldham's camp-fire was attacked by one which proved to be 

 of the two-horned species. 



All the three species above described occur in the southern provinces 

 of British Burmah ; the Rhinoceros indicns in the high range called the 

 Elephant-tail mountain, the Rhinoceros sondaicus in the extreme south, 

 and the Rhinoceros sumatranus between the tenth and seventeenth degrees 

 of north latitude. The first is the shyest, the last is the wildest, the 

 middle one the mildest in character. 



The ROUGH-EARED RHINOCEROS, Rhinoceros lasiotis, is the name given 

 by Sclater to the small one-horned elephant found in the peninsula of 

 Malacca and Farther India. It is usually considered to be identical with 

 the Badak. The first specimen to which a separate species was given 

 was captured by a strange accident. Some English officers on duty in 

 the northern part of the Bay of Bengal, collecting elephants for the 

 army, heard that a rhinoceros had got into some quicksand and could 

 not get out by its own efforts, but two hundred of the inhabitants of the 

 vicinity had succeeded in rescuing it by casting ropes over it, and had 

 fastened it to two trees, where it was in the best condition, and so fierce 

 that they durst not let it loose. Captain Hood and Mr. Weekes pro- 

 ceeded to the spot with eleven elephants ; they found a female rhinoceros 

 eight feet long and four feet high, with horns only slightly developed. 

 They placed it between two elephants and took it to Chittagong, where 

 it became tame very soon. It was a difficult matter to induce the ele- 

 phants to assist in the capture, and when the savage beast was fastened 

 to them, a scream from it threw them repeatedly into alarm. At last the 

 march began till a river was reached, which had to be crossed by swim- 

 ming. The elephants entered it boldly, but the rhinoceros refused and 

 was dragged through the stream by her two companions, for she refused 

 to swim a stroke. Finally, the rhinoceros was brought safe to Calcutta, 

 and thence shipped to Europe. 



