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any one animal. Soon after this expensive quadruped took up 

 his residence in the gardens alongside his Sumatrian brother already 

 there, Dr. Sclater recognized the fact that they were specifically 

 distinct, and he called the new animal the hairy-eared rhinoceros 

 (B. lasiotis). It had long hairy fringes on the ears, and the body 

 was covered with long, fine, reddish hair. The tail was shorter, 

 and the skin finer, than the Sumatrian animal. These, however, 

 are only outward difierences, and it has yet to be proved whether 

 there is any anatomical distinction that wiU justify the separation. 

 The singular circumstances attending the capture of this 

 animal were narrated by a Calcutta newspaper.' " The quiet 

 station of Chittagong," the article stated "has been lately 

 enlivened by the presence of a rhinoceros. It appears that 

 some natives came into Chittagong, and stated that a rhinoceros 

 had been found by them in a quicksand, and was quite 

 exhausted with the efforts to relieve herself. They had attached 

 two ropes to the animal's neck, and, with the assistance of about 

 200. men, dragged her out, and, keeping her taut between two 

 ropes, they eventually made her fast to a tree. The next morning, 

 however, they found the rhinoceros so refreshed, and making such 

 efforts to free herself, that they were frightened, and made appli- 

 cation to the magistrate of Chittagong for protection. The same 

 evening Captain Hood and Mr. H. W. Wickes started with eight 

 elephants to secure the prize, and, after a march of about sixteen 

 hours to the south of Chittagong, they came up with the 

 animal. The elephants, at the first sight of the rhinoceros, were 

 very much afraid, and bolted one and all, but, afber some exertion, 

 they were brought back, and made to stand by. A rope was now, 

 with some trouble, attached to the animal's hind-leg, and secured 

 to an elephant. At this juncture the rhinoceros roared ; the 

 elephants again bolted, and, had it not been for the rope slipping 

 from the leg of the rhinoceros, that limb might have been pulled 

 from the body. The rhinoceros was, however, eventually secured 

 with ropes between elephants, and marched into Chittagong in 

 perfect health. Two large rivers had to be crossed; first, the 

 Sungoo river, where the animal was towed between elephants, for 

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