THE RHINOCEROS. 13

musket ball, and deeply folded across the
shoulders and thighs in the Indian, but
smooth in the African animal. The senses
of smelling and hearing in both are keen,
and the appetite gluttonous; herbs and
the roots of herbs are their food ; swamps
and marshy plains their favorite haunts,
in which they wander solitary, seldom in
pairs. They are quiet if not disturbed,
but when roused, furious and formidable,
the elephant himself being hardly an
equal foe. A species is found in South
Africa, having its first horn nearly twelve
feet in length, and possessing great
strength and swiftness.