HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 159 



From the peculiar conftrudtion of his eyes, the Rhi- 

 noceros can only fee what is immediately before him. 

 When he purfues any object, he proceeds always in a 

 direct line, overturning every obftrudtion. With the 

 horn on his nofe, he tears up trees, raifes Clones, and 

 throws them behind him to a confiderable diftance. — His 

 fenfe of fmelling is fo exquifite, that the hunters are 

 obliged to avoid being to windward of him. They fol- 

 low him at a diftance, and watch till he lies down to 

 fleep : They then approach with great precaution, and 

 difcharge their mufkets all at once into the lower part of 

 the belly. 



The Rhinoceros is fuppofed to be the Umcorn of holy 

 writ, and poffeffes all the properties afcribed to that ani- 

 mal, — rage, untameablenefs, great fwiftnefs, and im- 

 menfe ftrength. — It was known to the Romans in very 

 early times, and is handed down to us in fome of the 

 works of that celebrated people. Auguftus introduced 

 one into the fhows, on his triumph over Cleopatra. 



Its flefh is eaten, and much relifhed by the natives of 

 India and Africa. 



