RHINOCEROS. 
but coarse and hard. The Indians carefullv 
colie6l the blood, as a remedy for disorders in 
the breast. V/onderful medicinal virtues are 
also ascribed to the horn taken in powder; 
and, indeed, not only every part of the body,, 
but even the urine and excrements, are consi- 
dered, in the Indian Dispensatory, either as- 
antidotes against poison, or infallible remedies 
for particular diseases.. 
Many, in short, are the fables, which this 
extraordinary animal has given rise to : and 
we ought not to omit, that some of the best 
naturalists assert, that the tongue is so hard and 
rough as a6lualiy to tear ofF the skin of anv 
person whom it licks ; while others, equally 
respectable, maintain that it is as sod and 
sm.ooth as velvet. 
