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II. Description of the double horned Rhinoceros of Sumatra. By 
Mr. William Bell, Surgeon in the Service of the East India 
Company, at Bencoolen. Communicated by Sir Joseph Banks. 
Bart. P. R. S. 
Read January 10, 1793. 
The animal herein described was shot, with a leaden ball 
from a musket, about ten miles from Fort Marlborough. I 
saw it the day after ; it was then not in the least putrid, and 
I put it into the position from which the accompanying 
drawing was made. (See Tab. II.) 
It was a male, the height at the shoulder was four feet four 
inches ; at the sacrum nearly the same ; from the tip of the 
nose to the end of the tail, eight feet five inches. From the 
appearance of its teeth and bones it was but young, and pro- 
bably not near its full size. 
The shape of the animal was much like that of the 
hog. The general colour was a brownish ash ; under the 
belly, between the legs and folds of the skin, a dirty flesh 
colour. 
The head much resembled that of the single horned rhino- 
ceros. The eyes were small, of a brown colour; the mem- 
brana nictitans thick and strong. The skin surrounding the 
eyes was wrinkled. The nostrils were wide. The upper lip 
was pointed, and hanging over the under. 
There were six molares, or grinders, on each side of 
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