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THE FLAT-NOSED RHINOCEROS. 
Rhinoceros Simus — Burchell. 
PLATE XIII. 
Burchell, Journal de Phys — African Travels, ii. p. 75. 
The second African species is so named from 
its flattened nose and mouth, by which distinc- 
tions it is easily known from the last, as well as 
by the different proportions of its head, and its 
greater size. 
The following is Mr Burchell’s account of this 
Rhinoceros : — 
“ In my travels in the interior of Southern 
Africa, I met with this animal for the first time 
near the 26“ of latitude, inhabiting the immense 
plains, where they are wild during the greatest part 
of the year. They frequent the fountain every 
day, not only for drink, but also for the purpose 
of rolling in the mud, which, by adhering to a 
skin entirely free from hairs, serves to protect them 
from the scorching heat of the climate. The size is 
