166 THE RHINOCEROS. 
two, the one-horned and the two-horned rhi' 
noceros. 
The single-horned rhinoceros is the largest 
of terrestrial animals, excepting the elephanh 
and is surpassed in strength and power by 
none. He is generally about twelve feet long 
from the snout to the insertion of the tail, anc^ 
the circumference of the body is nearly eqinil 
to the length. None of the quadrupeds, pet' 
haps, with the exception of the hippopotaroUS> 
has so unwieldly and uncouth an appearanc® 
as the rhinoceros. The general outline 
the trunk is very like that of the hog genn®' 
The head is large and long ; the ears pretty ' 
large, upright, and pointed; the eyes very 
small and set far back, and from the nose ris^® 
a horn, slightly curved, sharp-pointed, an^^ 
very strong, which is sometimes three feet it* 
length, and eighteen inches round at the bas^' 
The upper lip hangs over the lower, in tb® 
form of a lengthened lip, which appears to aH' 
