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strong, slightly curved, sharp-pointed horn, which, 

 in the full-grown animal, is sometimes three feet 

 in length, and eighteen inches in circumference 

 at the base. The mouth has four cutting-teeth, 

 which are placed at each corner of each jaw: 

 there are also six grinders in each jaw; of which 

 the first is remote from the cutting-teeth. (In 

 strict propriety it may be doubted whether the 

 four teeth first mentioned should be called by the 

 title of cutting-teeth. ) The ears are moderately 

 large, upright, and pointed : the eyes small : the 

 skin naked, rough, and tuberculated, or marked 

 with very numerous, large, callous granulations : 

 it is destitute of hair, except a few straggling and 

 very coarse bristles on some parts of the head, &c. 

 About the neck the skin is disposed into several 

 large plaits or folds: another fold of the same 

 kind passes from the shoulders to the fore legs; 

 and another from the hind part of the back to the 

 thighs: the tail is slender, flattened at the end, 

 and covered on the sides with very stiff and thick 

 black hairs: the belly is somewhat pendulous, or 

 shaped like that of a hog: the legs very short, 

 strong, and thick: the feet marked into three 

 large hoofs, all standing forwards. The general 

 height of the Rhinoceros is about eight feet; but 

 it is said that some have been seen in Sumatra 

 and Java which nearly equalled the size of the 

 Elephant; though they appeared lower, on ac- 

 count of the sinking back; the pendulous abdo- 

 men, and short legs. 



The Rhinoceros is a native of several parts of 



