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Vthe Rhinoceros Le Rhinoceros. 
TS generally accounted the next four-footed 
bead; in magnitude to the Elephant, Its 
height to the fhoulder, in perpendicular, 
was about five feet eight inches, meafuredby 
my own height, which exceeded it only 
two inches : its length is great in propor- 
tion to its height, being, by report of its 
keeper, more than fourteen feet from the 
nofe to the end of the tail when extended. 
The head is of a long make, having a 
hollow between the forehead and the horn, 
which rifes from the upper part of the 
fnout, where no other known animal hath 
it. The fnout feems formed to turn up 
the earth, in order to its feeding on the 
roots of plants; it being very pliable, and 
ending in a point, which it can turn up- 
wards, downwards, or fideways : the nof- 
trils are placed on each fide of it. The 
lower lip is almoft fquare, flattifh for- 
wards, with the two corners appearing on 
the fides, of a lively flefh-colour. The 
eyes are fmall, placed pretty forward on 
each fide of the head ; it has large ears in 
proportion, which ftand eretft on the upper 
part of the head. The whole animal is 
covered with a very thick, rough, chapped 
fkin, of an afh-colour, having plaits and 
folds in all fuch parts as are neceflary to give 
the creature motion, falling one over an- 
other backwards, which the figure better 
exprefies than any words can defcribe. 
This I drew from a female, in London, 
A. D. 1752 ; but could not find any riling 
knobs on the fkin, all over the body, in a 
regular manner, as exprefied in fome late 
figures : to me it only appeared very rough 
and chapped, except on the hinder quar- 
ters, which receive its weight when it 
firft lies down, where thofe riling knobs 
vere very large on the fkin. The tail had 
r\ N regarde en general le Rhinoceros comme 
U le plus grand des quadruples apres 1 ' Ele- 
phant j la hauteur perpendiculaire de celui 
d' apres qui cette figure a ete deffinee, etoit de- 
pun les epaules en bas d-peu-pres de cinq 
pieds huit pouces : il etoit fori long a pro- 
portion de fa hauteur , ay ant y au rapport de fon 
maitre , plus de quatorze pieds de long , depuis 
le nez jufqu au bout de la queue 9 quand elle 
etoit et endue. 
Cet animal a la tete longue ; il a un creux 
entre le front et la come , qui fort audefus 
de fon mufeau , ou il n’y a point d’autre 
animal connu qui en ait. Le mufeau ou 
mufle parok fait expres pour fouiller la 
terre, et y chercher des racines dont il fe 
nourrit , etant fort pliant et finifidnt dans 
une pointe qui l tourne comme il veut : les na - 
feaux font de cote et d' autre de cette pointe. 
La lehr e inferieure ef prefque carree y elle ef 
applatie par dev ant , et les coins qui paroif- 
fent de chaque cote font (Pune couleur de chair 
tres vfi les yeux font petits, et places de 
chaque cote a fez en avant , cefi-d-dire pres 
du mufle ; les oreilles font grandes d pro- 
portion , et fe tiennent droites fur le fommet 
de la tete. Lout l animal ef convert d'une 
peau gercee , fort epaiffe et fort rude , couleur 
de cendre , ay ant, dans tous les endroits ou 
cela ef neceffaire pour faciliter les motive - 
ments de la bete , des plis et replis , qui tom- 
bent en arriere les tins fur les autres, comme 
on le voit par la figure. Je la tirai a Lon - 
dreSy en 1752, d apres une f cm elle ; mads je 
ne pus lui trouver de greffeurs ou mends dif- 
pofis fur toute la peau en forme reguHere y 
tels quon les a exprimes dans quelques figures 
publiees depuis peu : elle me parut [implement 
fort rude et crevaffee y excepte que. fur les 
cuijfes de demere, qui portent tout le poids 
de r animal quand il fe baijfe pour fe coucher , 
ily avoit de ces meuds fur 'la peau , qui etoient 
