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marked. There were several other folds and 

 wrinkles on the body and legs; and the whole 

 gave rather the appearance of softness. 



" The legs were thick, short, and remarkably 

 strong; the feet armed with three distinct hoofs, 

 of a blackish-colour, which surrounded half the 

 foot, one in front, the others on each side. The 

 soles of the feet were convex, and of a light 

 colour, and the cuticle on them not thicker 

 than on the foot of a man who is used to walk- 

 ing. 



" The whole skin of the animal is rough, and 

 covered very thinly with short black hair. The 

 skin was not more than one third of an inch in 

 thickness, at the strongest part; under the belly 

 it was hardly a quarter of an inch; any part of it 

 might be cut through with ease by a common 

 dissecting knife. 



" The animal had not that appearance of ar- 

 mour which is observed in the Single-horned 

 Rhinoceros. 



" Since I dissected the male, I have had an 

 opportunity of examining a female, which was 

 more of a lead-colour : it was younger than the 

 male, and had not so many folds or wrinkles in 

 its skin; of course it had still less the appearance 

 of armour." 



The height of the first of these specimens, or 

 the male, was, according to Mr. Bell, four feet 

 four inches at the shoulder; nearly the same at 

 the rump ; and eight feet five inches from the tip 

 of the nose to the end of the tail. 



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