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behind till it meets another transverse one, which 
runs from the side of the tail forward, and is lost 
before it reaches within two inches of that of the 
loins. The legs are thick and strong; those 
before, when he stands firm, bend back at the 
knee, a great way from a straight line, being very 
round, and somewhat taper downwards. The 
hinder legs are also very strong, bending back- 
wards at the joint to a blunt angle, under which 
the limbs grow smaller, and then becomes 
gradually thicker, as it approaches the foot ; so 
also does that part of the fore leg. About the 
joint of each of his legs, there is a remarkable 
plica when he bends them in lying down, which 
disappears when he stands.” 
Another specimen, as we have mentioned, was 
exhibited in London in 1815, and a good figure 
appeared in Griffith. This animal, to judge from 
the figure, was of a much greater age than Dr 
Parsons’, — the horn lengthened, and appearing a 
formidable weapon. 
The animal recorded by F. Cuvier as being in 
the Parisian menagerie, is nearly thus noticed. 
The height, at the most elevated part of the back, 
was four feet ten inches, and its entire length 
about nine feet. The body was covered with a 
thick tuberculated and almost naked skin, formed 
into irregular folds. The natural colour of the 
skin, was a dull grayish violet, but it appeared 
