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THE TWO-HORNED SUMATRAN 
RHINOCEROS. 
Rhinoceros Sumatranus. 
PLATE XI. 
Sumatran Rhinoceros, J Bell, Phil. Trans Rhinoceros 
de Sumatra, F. Cuv. Mammiff. — R. Bicornis Sumatranus, 
Griff. Cuv. Synopsis — Desmarest, Mammalogie, ii. 401 . 
One of the oldest authenticated descriptions of 
this animal is always referred to, as given by 
Mr William Bell, surgeon at Bencoolen, in the 
Transactions of the Philosophical Society. That 
gentleman made his observations from an animal, 
shot about ten miles from Fort Marlborough, within 
a day from its death, — a male, four feet four inches 
high at the shoulder, and about eight feet five 
inches high. He judges, from its appearance, 
that it had not reached maturity. The shape of 
the animal was much like that of a hog. The 
general colour, a brownish ash ; under the belly, 
between the legs, and fold of the skin, a dirty 
flesh colour. The ears were small and pointed, 
