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againft the wall, or the manger, with a feeming intention to 

 deftroy himfelf, nay, he does deftroy himfelf often. That 

 fent from India to Emanuel king of Portugal, in the year 

 .1513, and by him prefented to the pope, was the caufe the 

 fliip * that carried him was funk and loft, and the one that 

 was fhewn in France purpofely drowned itfelf going to Italy. 



The rhinoceros and the elephant are the principal food 

 of the Shangalla. The manner of preparing the fleui I 

 have already defcribed, and mall not repeat. He is ate 

 too with great greedinefs by all the inhabitants of the 

 low country, and Atbara. The mod delicate part about 

 him is fuppofed to be the foles of his feet, which are 

 ibft like thofe of a camel, and of a griftly fubftance ; 

 the reft of the flefh feems to refemble that of the hog, but 

 is much coarfer. It fmells of mufk, and is otherwife very 

 taftelefs^; I mould think it would be more lb to the negroes 

 and hunters, who eat it without fait. The only hair about 

 it is at the tip of its tail ; they are there few and Scattered, 

 but thick as the loweft wire of a harpfichord ; ten of thefe, 

 fattened fide by lide, at the diftance of half an inch from 

 each other, in the figure of a man's hand, make a whip 

 which will bring the blood every ftroke. 



This rhinoceros was thirteen feet from the nofe to its 

 anus ; and very little lefs than feven feet when he flood, 

 sneafuring from the foie of his fore-foot to the top of the 

 ihoulder. The firft horn was fourteen inches. The fecond 



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* Tran. Phlifoph. No. 470, 



