R H INOC E R .0 5. 
Thofe which have been brought to Europe have; \ 
been young and final!: Bontius lays, that in 'refpe£bf 
tb bulk of body, they equal the elephant,- but ares 
lower on account of the ihortnefs of the legs. 
Inhabits Bengal , Siam , Cochin-China , Epuangfi in 
China , the ilies of Java, and Sumatra , Congo , An- I 
gcla^ ^Ethiopia , and the country as low as the Cape : j 
loves ill ad y forefts, the neighbourhood of rivers, 
and marfhy places : fond of wallowing in to ire like 
the hog ; is faid by that means to give .(belter in the i 
folds of its fkin to fcorpions, centipes, and Other 
infedbs. Is a folitary animal: brings one young at | 
a time, very follicitous about it: quiet and inoften- 
five ; but provoked, furious : very fwift, and very l 
dangerous : I knew a gentleman who had his belly 
ripped up by one, butfurvived the wound. Is dull 
,of fight ; but has a moil exquiiite fcent: feeds on 
Vegetables, particularly fhrubs, broom, and thiilles: 
grunts like a hog: is faid to confort with the tiger; ; 
a fable, founded on their common attachment to 
the fides of rivers, and on that account are feme- j 
times found near each other. Are faid when it has j; 
hung down a man, to lick the fiefh quite from the ! 
bone with its rough tongue ; this very doubtfull; 
that which wounded the gentleman retired inftantly 
after the ilroke. 
Its flefh is eaten ; Kolhen fays it is very good : the j 
,fkin, the fiefi, hoofs, teeth, and very dung, ufed ; 
in India medicinally ; the horn is in great repute as 
an antidote againil poifon *, efpecially that of a 
'* It was not every horn that had this virtue: fome were held very ; 
fcheap, while others take a vail price. 
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