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the head and two feet of the animal^ all well preserved. The 
rest of it was too much decomposed, and so was left. The head 
was quite recognisable, since it was covered with its leathery- 
skin. The eyelids had escaped total decay (see Fig. 55). The 
skin and tendons of the head and feet still preserved considerable 
flexibility. He was, however, compelled to cross the Baikal lake 
before the ice broke up, and so could neither draw up a sufficiently 
careful description nor make sketches of those parts which were 
sufficiently preserved. Plate XXII. is a restoration. 
The rhinoceros in question was neither large for its species 
nor advanced in age ; but it was at least fully grown. The horns 
were gone, but had left evident traces on the head. The skin 
which covered the orbits of the eyes and formed the eyelids was 
so well preserved, that the openings of the eyelids could be seen, 
though deformed and scarcely penetrable to the finger. The 
foot that was left — after some parts had unfortunately been 
burned while left to dry slowly on the top of a furnace — was 
furnished with hairs. These hairs adhering in many places to 
the skin, were from one to three lines in length, tolerably stiff 
and ash-coloured. What remained proved that the foot was 
covered with bunches of hair hanging down. 
Like the Mammoth and the Mastodon, its contemporaries, the 
Woolly Rhinoceros has given rise to some curious legends. In 
the city of Klagenfurt, in Carinthia, is a fountain on which is 
sculptured the head of a monstrous dragon with six feet, and 
a head surmounted by a stout horn. According to popular 
tradition, still prevalent at Klagenfurt, this dragon lived in a 
cave, whence it issued from time to time to frighten and ravage 
the country. A bold cavalier killed the dragon, paying with his 
life for this proof of courage. The same kind of legend seems to 
be current in every country, such as that of the valiant St. George 
and the dragon, and of St. Martha, who about the same time 
conquered the famous Tarasque of the city of Languedoc, which 
bears the name of Tarascon. 
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