RHINOCEROS 
The horn of the rhinoceros is of a very remarkable 
structure, being composed of agglutinated hair, having no 
bony core but growing from the skin, which is immensely 
thick over the nose, and when the horn was torn off* it left 
the smooth bony portion of the nasal bones bare and fully 
exposed. The animal bled very much at the time, but 
the bone becoming thickly covered with the dried exuded 
blood, the place soon healed, and in the course of a few 
months a new horn commenced to be developed. 
I may mention another instance : a female rhinoceros 
in her constant endeavour to tear down the iron fence 
caused the horn to grow forward, so as to project beyond 
the nose, consequently the animal had great difficulty in 
feeding off the ground by reason of the horn coming in 
contact with it first. Consequently I determined to saw 
it off. The animal became comparatively sociable and 
friendly, allowing me to rub her eyes with my hand, and 
at the same time I practised with a walking-stick the 
process of sawing the horn. This performance I continued 
to go through on several mornings. Finding she sub- 
mitted gently to this treatment I went one morning 
prepared with a sharp saw, and, with the aid of one of 
the keepers, who smoothed her eye in order to keep it 
closed, I commenced to saw off the horn, which I very 
effectually accomplished in about ten minutes, during 
which time she remained perfectly quiet. I have kept 
this horn, and, although it has got very dry, it weighs 
11 lbs., and measures 15 in. in length. 
Upon another occasion the hairy-eared, two-horned 
rhinoceros {R. lasiotis), in consequence of constantly 
driving one of her horns against the bars of her cage, 
she caused it, in growing, to curve backwards until the 
point was in the act of forcing its v/ay through the skin, 
causing it to become ulcerated. In this case I had much 
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