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found in the interior of Africa. 
that there is much reason to believe that it is the same, more 
especially, as no other animal has ever been described so 
devoid of intellect. In that age, the short horn might readily 
be overlooked, as it cannot be considered as an offensive 
weapon; and the smoothness of the animal's skin would 
give it a greater resemblance to the horse than to any other 
animal. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
Plate II. 
Fig. 1. A representation of the skull of the double-horned 
rhinoceros, brought from Africa by Mr. Campbell, and de- 
posited in the Museum of the Missionary Society, in the Old 
Jewry : upon a scale of one inch and a half to a foot. 
Fig. 2. A representation of the fossil horn of a rhinoceros, 
preserved in the British Museum : upon a scale of two inches 
to a foot. 
Plate III. 
The representation (from a cast) of the fossil skull of the 
rhinoceros from Siberia, the original of which is in the 
collection of fossil bones in the Jardin des Plantes, in Paris : 
upon a scale of three inches to a foot. 
