THE INDIAN RHINOCEROS. 
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Islands, and was first discovered in Sumatra by 
Dr Horsfield and Sir Stamford Raffles, while the 
distinctions were pointed out and the name applied 
by Baron Cuvier. 
Length of hind feet, from the fold of the skin, 
to the toes, 1 
Girth of ditto, 
Width from the Tygoma over the skull, 1 
Width from the same point under the skull, 3 
Length from the fold of the skin, at the back 
of the head, to the tip of the lower jaw, 2 
Width of the fold of the skin straight across 
the shoulder, .... 1 
Width of the fold of skin straight along the 
body, 2 
Girth of the middle of the belly, . . 9 
Girth of the neck within the folds, . . 4 
Space between the base of the ears, . 0 
Length of the ears 1 
Space from the ear to the eye, . . 1 
Space from the eye to the nostril, . . 0 
Length of the eye, .... 0 
Inches 
8 
6J 
5 
0 
OJ 
11 
10 
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4 
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0 
9 
2 
I have said nothing of the general appearance of the 
animal, because the common engravings give a very correct 
idea of its figure. Its eye is dull, and its disposition is 
heavy and sluggish, seeming inclined to sleep a good deal. 
The keeper appears to have it in great subjection ; but on 
one occasion, during his absence, it shewed a sudden 
ebullition of irritation, when it repeatedly knocked its 
head with considerable violence against the wall with 
great quickness ; but on the reappearance of the keeper, 
immediately became tranquil. The only noise 1 have 
ever heard it emit, was like the lowing of a calf. Much 
has been written about the roughness of the tongue ; the 
tongue of this individual appears to me to be very similar 
to that of a cow, except that it is much thinner at the 
point. 
