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othcrj and, as there was fuch a Variety in them as 
might induce one to take them for different Ani- 
mals, there was no knowing where to fix. This 
will fully appear in viewing thcColle&ion I have the 
Honour to lay before you. 
Albert \ Durers Figure of this Creature has led 
feveral of thofe Natural Hiftorians, that haVe wrote 
Ence his Time, into Errors} for fuch have always 
copied him; and indeed many have exceeded him 
in adorning their Figures with Scales, Scallops, and 
other fictitious Forms. Now, from the Badnefs of 
his Figure, I am induced to believe that great Man 
never faw the Animal ; for he certainly could not 
have been fo miftaken in the Performance. How- 
ever, from the ftriCtefl Inquiry I was capable of 
making, it feems moft probable, that a Sketch was 
fent to him from ‘Portugal, by a Perfon who took 
it from a Rhinoceros , which was fent from the Eajl - 
Indies to Emanuel King of Portugal , as a Prefent ; 
and that Albert improved and embellifhed it into the 
original Drawing, which is in Sir Hans Sloans Mu - 
feum. The Infcription, in German , written under 
this Drawing, proves it very clearly, of which the 
following is a clofe Tranflation. 
“ In the Year 1513. upon the i.Day of May, there 
44 was brought to our King at Lisbon fuch a living 
Bead from the Eajl-Indies that is called Rhino- 
“ cerate : Therefore on account of its Wonderfulnefs 
4t I thought myfeif obliged to fend you the Repre- 
“ fentation of it. It hath the Colour of a Toad, 
44 and is clofe covered over with thick Scales. It is 
u in Size like an Elephant, but lower, and is the Ele~. 
“ phant’s deadly Enemy ; it hath on the forePart of 
a its 
