RHINOCEROS. 
ceros does not, at first, exceed the size of a 
large dog ; and it has no horn, though the ru- 
diments are perceivable in the foetus. At two 
years of age, the horn is about an inch long ; 
and, at six, from nine to ten inches. Some of 
these horns being known to have nearly reach- 
ed four feet, it should seem that they continue 
to grow during great part of the animal's life ; 
and this, probablv, is of considerable extent. 
The Rhinoceros of Dr. Parsons, in two years, 
had only attained to half it's full height ; -it 
may, therefore, be inferred, that this animal, 
like man, lives to the age of seventy or eightv. 
The Rhinoceros feeds on the grossest herbs. 
Brushwood, broom, thorny shrubs, and thistles, 
it prefers to the soft pasture of the most luxuri- 
ant meadow^s. On a prickly shrub somewhat 
resembling juniper, which grows in vast quanti- 
ties on the heathy lands and mountains of Afri- 
ca, and has obtained the name of the Rhinoce- 
ros shrub, it chiefly delights to regale ; and it's 
attachment to the stinking stapelia is little less 
ardent. It is also fond of the sugar-cane, and 
^ais every description of grain. 
Destitute 
