RHINOCEROS. 
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THE TWO-HORNED RHINOCEROS. 
There is a striking difference between the Asiatic 
and the African rhinoceros. The former, with its 
rough and almost impenetrable hide, bids defiance 
to the attack of its enemies; whilst the skin of the 
latter, or two-horned rhinoceros, is comparatively 
smooth, is capable of being pierced with a lance, 
and has none of the folds so remarkable in the 
one-horned species. It is, however, thick enough 
for the Dutch boors in the vicinity of the Cape to 
cut out of it their largest samboes , or horse rods, 
which, if well prepared, are better than those of 
the hippopotamus. The head of this animal is 
very remarkable : not only the horns sit upon the 
nose, but the eyes also are placed in it, being di- 
rectly under the root of the larger horn ; and they 
are so minute, that one would suppose them of 
little use to so huge a creature. But Nature, al- 
ways provident, has remedied this inconvenience 
by placing them in projecting sockets, in which 
they turn in all directions, like those of the little 
chameleon. Mr. Barrow, to whose excellent Travels 
in Southern Africa we are indebted for much use- 
ful information, says that he has not seen any 
figure that conveys an accurate representation of this 
animal, except in two varieties, by Mr. Daniell, 
who has made excellent drawings of them ; in one 
of which the upper horn is almost as large as the 
lower, and is pointed towards it ; the other figure. 
