TWO-HORNED AFRICAN RHINOCEROS. 183 
to which, besides, in its general form, it bears 
some outward resemblance in the shape of its 
skull, and the smallness of its eyes, and the pro- 
portionate size of its ears ; but in its shapeless 
clumsy legs and feet, it more resembles the 
Hippopotamus and Elephant. Its length, over 
the forehead, and along the back, from the 
extremity of the nose to the insertion of the tail, 
was eleven feet two inches, of English measure ; 
but in a direct line, not more than nine feet three 
inches. The tail, which, at its extremity, was 
compressed or flattened vertically, measured 
twenty inches, and the circumference of the 
largest part of the body, eight feet four inches.” 
There was no hair, except on the edges of the 
ears, and on the extremity of the tail. The 
skin, though thick and strong, did not flatten the 
balls which did not strike some bone.” They 
were, however, of a mixture of lead and tin ; and 
Mr Burchell admits, that bullets of pure lead, 
fired with a small charge, or at too great a distance, 
would fall from the strong part of the folds, 
flattened and harmless. 
The Rhinoceros of Africa does not seem to be 
looked upon with the same terror by the natives 
or Hottentots, as the animal of India. He pos- 
sesses the same keen and nice smell, and delicate 
sense of hearing, and can only be approached 
