generally half closed. The upper lip, which 
is moveable, and.proje.cls over the under, can 
be extended six or seven inches ; and, being- 
terminated by a pointed appendage, the ani- 
mal is not only enabled to coUe6l herbage, or 
other food, and deliver it into the mouth, but 
also to seize any objedt with force, and feel 
with considerable address. There are two 
-sti'ong incisive teeth in each jaw", one at each 
angle. The under jaw is square before, ana 
Jiere are no other incisive teeth in the anteri- 
or part of the mouth, which is covered by the 
lips, but each side of the two jaws contains six 
grinders. The ears always stand ere£l, and 
resemble those of the hog, though they are 
proportionably smaller ; and these, with the 
extremity of the tail, are the only parts on 
which there are any hairs or bristles. 
Though the Rhinoceros was frequently ex- 
hibited in the savage spe6lacles of the Romans, 
from the days of Porapey, to those of Helio- 
gabalus ; though it had often been conveyed to 
Europe in more modern times ; and, tliough 
fiontius, Chardin, and Kolben, drew figures 
of 
