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nooses, in the course the animal was following. In a 
short time their labour was rewarded, as it ran its head 
first into one noose, and then into another, tearing them 
away, however, from the trees, and, in its excitement, 
rushing out on to the open slope leading to the village, 
dragging the ropes after it. By this time it was some¬ 
what exhausted, for it fell in a muddy hollow where it 
was immediately surrounded, secured by ropes and ulti¬ 
mately dragged into the village. Three days afterwards, 
the male made its appearance from the same teelah, but 
unfortunately an effort made to capture it did not prove 
successful. The female rapidly became tame and tractable, 
and was introduced into the Zenana, where it soon 
established itself as a favourite, more especially with the 
children, who used to ride as safely on its back as the 
London children did on Jumbo. Begum Latifa Khatum, 
when she became aware that the Committee for the 
Management of the Calcutta Gardens were in quest 
of rhinoceroses, with very great self-denial, public spirit 
and liberality, made up her mind to part with the favourite 
of the Zenana, and telegraphed to the Committee that 
it was her intention to present this rhinoceros to the 
Gardens.” 
This individual is the second known example of the 
species, the first having also been a female and having 
likewise been captured in the neighbourhood of Chitta¬ 
gong, in 1869, from whence it was taken to London, 
where it was purchased for the Zoological Gardens, at 
Regent’s Park, for £ 1,250 ; and where it still lives. The 
male of the species is not known. 
Idle other two-horned Rhinoceros, R. sumatrensisy of 
the Malayan region (for no two-horned Rhinoceros 
