TWO-HORNED RHINOCEROS. 
to the opinion of some subsequent natu- 
ralists. 
The History and description which Pennant 
has collected of the Two-Horned Rhinoceros, 
IS very respectable ; and, perhaps, on the whole, 
the best extant. We shall therefore adopt it, 
with his figure. " It has," says he, two 
horns, placed one beyond the other. The 
length of the fore-horn of one in the Philo- 
sophical Transactions, is tvv'enty inches ; of 
the second horn, nineteen : but they vary in 
sizes. The upper h'p is short, reaching but a 
little way over the lower. It has no fore- 
teeth. The skin is without any plicse, or 
folds ; appears much granulated, or warty ; 
and is of a deeply cinereous grey colour. Be- 
tween the legs, it is smooth, and flesh-coloured ; 
in other parts, there are a few scattered stifF 
bristles ; most numerous about the ears, and at 
the end of the tail. The tail, which is as 
thick as a thumb, is convex above and below, 
but flatted on the sides. The feet are no more 
in diameter than the legs; but the three hoofs 
project forward: the soles are eallous. 
" It inhabits Africa; and was observed, 
first, 
