i6o HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



The Two-horned RHINOCEROS. 



We have given the figure of this hitherto undefcribed 

 animal from Mr Sparrman, whofe authenticity there is 

 every reafon to depend upon, and who has given a mod 

 exact anatomical defcription of it. Of two that were 

 (hot, he only mentions the fize of the fmaller of them; 

 which was eleven feet and a half long, feven feet high, 

 and twelve in circumference. Its {kin was without any 

 folds, and of an afh colour ; excepting about the groin, 

 where it was flefh-coloured : The furface was fcabrous 

 and knotty, of a clofe texture, and when dry, extremely 

 hard. There were no hairs on any part of the body, ex- 

 cept the edges of the ears and the tip of the tail, on 

 which were a few dark briftly hairs, about an inch long. 



The horns are placed one behind the other, in a line 

 with the nofe : The foremoft of them meafures about 

 eighteen inches in length, and is always the larger of the 

 two. They are of a conical ftiape, and the tips incline a 

 little backward ; the lower parts are rough, and feem as 



