OF QUADRUPKDS. 
37 
RHINOCEROS. 
The Rhinoceros, without being ferocious, 
or even very wild, is nevertheless untamea- 
ble. He is of the nature of a hog, blunt and 
grunting, without intellect, without senti- 
ment, and without traetableness. 
These animals arc found in India, Africa, 
and about the Cape of Good Hope: they arc 
of a dark slate colour, and measure about 
twelve feet in length, six or seven feet high, 
and the circumference of their bodies is 
nearly equal to their length. Their bodies 
and limbs are covered with an impenetrable 
skin, and the horn on the nose is so sharp, 
and of so hard a nature, that it will pierce 
tli rough iron or stone. 
