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particular the common or single-horned species : 

 it is also certain that the figure given in Mr. 

 Bruce's work is absolutely a copy from Buffon's 

 figure of the common Rhinoceros, with the addi- 

 tion merely of a second horn. It does not how- 

 ever follow from this circumstance that Mr. 

 Bruce's figure is deceptive ; and it is surely 

 no improbable circumstance that the common 

 Rhinoceros may vary with a double horn ; in 

 which case ^Ir. Bruce, knowing Buffon's figure 

 to be correct, might have thought it unneces- 

 sary to be at the trouble of causing a com- 

 pletely new figure to be executed. 



I must add, that Mr. Bruce's description of 

 the manners or habits of the animal, is an in- 

 teresting and even a sublime composition ; and 

 I recommend it to all who wish for an ani- 

 mated account of so extraordinary a quadruped. 



The genus called Tapir consists of a single 

 species only, and is distinguished by having nu- 

 merous teeth, amounting in all to no fewer than 

 forty-two : namely six front or cutting-teeth above 

 and below; two canine-teeth above and below, 

 and twenty-six grinders : the nose is lengthened 

 out into a short proboscis, and the feet are each 



