THE RHINOCEROS.

Tue Rhinoceros is found in Africa, and
South Asia. In size and power, it is in-
ferior to the elephant alone. They are
heavy and clumsy in appearance, not un-
like a monstrous hog, except that the In-
dian has one horn, and the African species
two, in a line projecting from the nose, a
large and a smaller, the longest crooked
backward behind, adhering solely to the
skin, without any bony socket, and hard
as iron. The eyes are small; the ears
erect and pointed; the limbs short and
thick, and the skin capable of resisting
the stroke of a scimetar, or turning a

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