TWO-HORNED RHINOCEROS. S07 
liim; he cannot emigrate, or seek his defence 
among the sands of Atbara.'* 
The adversary just mentioned is a fly (probably 
of the genus (Estrus), which attacks the Rhino- 
ceros, as well as the Camel and many other ani- 
mals^ and would, according to Mr. Bruce, as ea- 
sily subdue him, but for the stratagem which he 
practises of rolling himself in the mud by nighty 
by which means he clothes himself in a kind of 
case, which defends him from his adversary the 
following day. The pleasure that he receives 
from thus rolling in the mud^ and the darkness 
of the nighty deprive him of his usual vigilance 
and attention. The hunters steal secretly upon 
him^ and while lying on the ground, wound him 
with their javelins; mostly in the belly, where the 
wound is mortal. 
SUMATRAN RHINOCEROS. 
In the Philosophical Transactions, for the year 
1793, we also meet with a good figure of a Two- 
horned Rhinoceros^ with an accurate description, 
by Mr. Bell, surgeon,, who had resided some time 
in Sumatra. The specimen, however^ which he 
describes, was but young, and probably far short 
of its full size. 
The shape of the animal was much like that 
of the hog. The general colour was a brownish- 
ash ; under the belly, between the legs and folds 
of the skin, a dirty flesh-colour. 
