QUADRUPEDS. 95 
etrable by any ordinary weapon, is folded upon his body, in 
the manner represented in the figure above ; his eyes are 
small and half closed, and the horn on his nose is attached 
to the skin only. In confinement he often wears it to a 
mere stump, by rubbing it against his crib. He is per- 
fectly indocile and untractable ; a natural enemy to the 
elephant, to whom he often gives battle, and is said never 
to go out of his way, but that he will rather stop to de- 
stroy the obstacles which offer to retard his course, than 
turn about; he lives on the coarsest vegetables, and fre- 
quents the banks of rivers, and marshy grounds; his hoofs 
are divided into four, and it is reported that he grunts 
like a hog, which he resembles in many points as to shape 
and habits. The female produces but one at a time, and 
during the first month her young are not bigger than 
a large dog. The Rhinoceros is supposed by some to be 
the Unicorn of holy writ, and it possesses all the proper- 
ties ascribed to that animal, rage, untameableness, great 
swiftness, and immense strength. It was known to the 
Romans in very early times. Augustus introduced one 
into the shows, on his triumph over Cleopatria. The 
African Rhinoceros has two horns. 
THE WILD BOAR (Sus scofra,) 
Inhabits, for the most part, marshes and woods, and is of 
a black or brown colour: his flesh is very tender and 
