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female of the Two-horned Asiatic Rhinoceros become very 
speedily tame and tractable. We have reason to believe that 
the Rhinoceroses mentioned by Du Halse as inhabiting the pro- 
vince of Quang-si, in the south-east of China, are of this small 
two-horned species. 
So long ago as in 1838, the late Dr. Heifer remarked that the 
Tenasterian provinces (now constituting the southern portion of 
British Burmah) “ seem to be a convenient place for this genus ; 
for I dare to pronounce almost positively/’ he then wrote, “ that 
the three known Asiatic species occur within their range. The 
R. indicus being found in the northern part of these provinces, 
in that high range bordering on Zimmay, called the ‘ Elephant- 
tail ’ Mountain ; the R. sondaicus, on the contrary, occupies the 
southernmost part ; while the two-horned R. sumatranus is to be 
found throughout the extent of the territories from the 17th to 
the 10th degree of north latitude. In character the R. sondaicus 
seems to be the mildest, and can be easily domesticated (tamed), 
the powerful Indian Rhinoceros is the shyest, and the double- 
horned the wildest.”* Mason (in 1850, in his work entitled, 
Burmah) remarked that “ the common Single-horned Rhinoceros 
is very abundant. The Double-horned is not uncommon in the 
southern provinces ; ” and then he alludes to the alleged fire-eater 
of the Burmans, supposing that to be R. sondaicus, as distinguished 
from the common single-horned kind, which he thought was 
R indicus . “ The fire- eating Rhinoceros,” he tells us, “ is so Called 
from its attacking the night fires of travellers, scattering the 
burning embers, and doing other mischief, being attracted by 
unusual noises, instead of fleeing from them as most wild animals 
do.” JSTow Professor Oldham’s camp-fire was attacked by a 
Rhinoceros, which he fired at with a two- ounce ball ; and three 
days afterwards the body was found, and proved to be of the Two- 
horned species. The skull of that individual is now in the 
■ museum of Trinity College, Dublin. The commonest of the 
African Rhinoceroses has been known to manifest the same pro- 
pensity, and so has even the ordinary American Tapir ; but we 
have never heard of the Malabar Tapir doing so, and the range 
of that animal extends into the more southern of the Tenasterian 
provinces. In general, however, the Asiatic Two-horned Rhino- 
* Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. vii. p. 861. 
