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the top of the horn to the bottom of his lower 
lip, seems shaped like a bell, namety, small and 
narrow at top, with a broad base. His under lip 
is like that of an ox, but the upper more like 
that of a horse ; using it, as that creature does, to 
gather the hay from the rack, or grass from the 
ground ; with this difference, that the Rhinoceros 
has a power of stretching it out above six inches, 
to a point, and doubling it round a stick or one’s 
finger, holding it fast ; so that, as to that action, 
it is not unlike the proboscis of an Elephant. 
“ As to the tongue of the Rhinoceros, though it 
be confidently reported by authors, that it is so 
rough as to be capable of rubbing a man’s flesh 
from his bones ; yet that of our present animal is 
soft, and as smooth as that of a calf ; which Dr 
Parsons often felt, having had his hand sucked 
several times by him. Whether it may grow 
more rough as the beast grows older, we cannot 
say. His eyes are dull and sleepy, much like 
a hog in shape, and situated nearer the nose than 
that of any quadruped ever seen, which he very 
seldom opens entirely. His ears are broad and 
thin towards the tops, much like those of a hog ; 
but have each a narrow round root with some 
rug® about it ; and rises, as it were, out of a 
sinus surrounded with a plica. His neck is very 
short, being that part which lies between the back 
edge of the jaw and the plica of the shoulder ; on 
