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So C&e af j 052^05; ; or; 
the feet of an EUphanty the tayl of a Hog, he 
hath one blatk horn in the middle of his fore-head 
about two cubits long. The Rhinofcem is a very 
large Creature, and is almoft as high as he is long , 
but hath very ^ort legs, and two horns, as Ifatd 
before 5 but becaufe they are both fuch large Crea- 
tures, and therefore the Jews have but one name 
for them both, that cometh from an root 
Ramy which iignifietlt high exalted; moreover 
the RhlKofcerots horn is evceeding hard, which he 
often fharpneth and whetteth upon a Ifone, wherr 
at any time he is to encounter with any other beall ; 
for the Rhinofcerot hath an natural enmity againlV 
feveral Creatures, but efpecially againlf the EU-^ 
phanty which two are alwayes at variance one with 
another; in the Combate the Rhlnefcerot almerh at 
the Elephants belly, which is his tendered part, and 
doth often overcome him ; againft whom the Ele- 
phant fighteth very fiercely with his horn that he 
hath in his fnowt. His back is cd’ a dapple gray, and 
defended as it were with divers Ihields , from 
whence we may gather the great ftrength pf this 
beall: { Philippas Camerarltts {pesiking of the 
Kojceroty faith that i* is fomething lower than the 
Elephanty but is as long as a wild Oxy he i^ cloven 
footed, but his skin is of a box colour, but fo hard 
and impenetrable, that it is like Armour to him 
he hath no weapon todefend himfelf with but his 
horn, with which he often runneth through the 
belly of the Elephanty which is his chief Enemy ; 
but in the Combat the Elephant hath a great care 
left the Rhinofcerot fhould thrall: againft his throat, 
which 
