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THE INDIAN RHINOCEROS. 
Rhinoceros Indicus. — Cuv. 
PLATES VIII. and IX. 
R. unicornis, Linn. — Indian Rhinoceros, Dr Parsons — 
Griffith's Cuvier — Menagerie du Musee. 
This is the oldest known species of modern days. 
It has been figured by Albert Durer, Dr Parsons, 
and Edwards ; more lately by Frederick Cuvier, 
in his great work, and by Griffiths, in the Animal 
Kingdom of Cuvier, both from the same animal, 
which was first exhibited in London, and after- 
wards reached the Parisian menagerie. Dr Par- 
sons’ account was taken from a specimen exhibited 
in London in 1739 ; the animal was young, and 
the horn had scarcely reached the length of more 
than an inch. We add a great portion of his 
interesting and minute description. 
“ He was fed here with rice, sugar, and hay : of 
the first he ate seven pounds mixed with three of 
sugar every day, divided into three meals ; and 
