NATURAL HISTORY. 
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enable him to inflid the moft deadly wounds. 
Many medicinal virtues are alfo aferibed to 
this horn, of which cups are frequently 
made. 
His fc-ent is moft exquifite. He runs in a 
direft line, his fight not permitting him to 
fee any thing placed in an oblique direftion. 
Tobacco is his favourite food. The horn 
was formerly ufed by princes as a cup, in 
order to deteft what poifon might be prefent- 
ed to them ; for, when any deadly drug is 
poured on it, it is aflei'ted that it will im- 
mediately break into pieces. There is, alfo, 
another power attributed to this horn, which 
is, that wine, poured into cups made of it, 
will rife, boil, and ferment. 
This animal was known to the Romans in 
the moft early ages, and was among thofe of 
the Prasneftine pavement. Ariftotle, who af- 
ferts it to have but one horn, calls ittheoxyx, 
and the Indian afs. Auguftus introduced a 
rhinoceros in an exhibition, whieh he made 
on account of his vkftory over Cleopatra. 
See Mythology and Roman Hiftory. 
rhe HIPPOPOTAME, or SEA-HORSE. 
T he hippopotame is as large and formida- 
ble as the rliinoceros. Themale has been 
found feventeen feet in length, fifteen feet 
in circumference, and feven feet in height ; 
the 
