178 ONE-HORNED SUMATRAN RHINOCEROS. 
largest animal in Java, its passions are not roused, 
as in many parts of India, by contentions with the 
Elephant. It is rarely seen in a domestic state, 
but it is occasionally decoyed into pits, and 
destroyed. Our animal rambles chiefly at night, 
and often occasions serious injury to the planta- 
tions of coffee and pepper, which are laid out in 
the fertile districts selected for its retreat. 
“ The horns and skin are employed for medicinal 
purposes by the natives.”* 
Horsfiehl’s Zool. Researches in Java. 
