1 4$ Mr. Thomases anatomical Description 
actions or otherwise, expressed the smallest regard or affection 
for his keeper, or for any of the people who occasionally fed 
him ; neither was he easily irritated, but preserved, on all occa- 
sions, the most perfect indifference and stupidity. He was fed 
chiefly upon hay and oats, also potatoes, and other fresh vege- 
tables ; his consumption of which was prodigious, exceeding that 
of two or three working horses. It would appear, that this 
animal had not arrived to near its full growth : he was scarcely 
so high as a two year old heifer ; but the bulk of his body, by 
measurement, considerably exceeded the length. The horn, 
which is affixed to the upper lip of the adult rhinoceros, was 
here just beginning to sprout. The hoofs were divided into three 
obtuse parts : the soles of the feet were well defended, by a 
large mass of elastic matter, covered by a strong horn-like 
substance. 
It will not be necessary to give a minute detail of the ana- 
tomy of this animal ; it is only requisite to remark appearances 
which are peculiar to it, and such as are not commonly met 
with in other quadrupeds : in general, the structure may be 
said to correspond to that of the horse ; the peculiarities, how- 
ever, shall be briefly noticed. 
The skin, it is well known, is extremely hard and tuber- 
culated ; though smoother, and easily cut through by a common 
knife, on the under parts of the body : a considerable degree 
of sliding motion was observable between it and the surface 
underneath ; this arose from the great quantity of loose cellu- 
lar membrane, deposited between them, for the purpose of 
allowing the hard skin a power of accommodating itself to 
the body, when in a recumbent position. I could not observe 
any fibres corresponding to the panniculus carnosus, generally 
