. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. NATUUAL III8T0UY. 17U. eo-IIomcd JUunoceive, or i thorny brandies of mucli shorter than â dUig eighteen inelies th constant rubbing .bly formed, its most thick ossification in in this mass that the connected with tlie 1, and they may thns 3 of a shai-p knife. ;hout, and arc a fine inking cups, mallets c. «kc. The horn is es of the rhinoceros readily observe the ' them. The skin is extremely thick, and only to be penetrated by bullets hardenetl witii solder. During the day, tlie riunoceros will be found lying
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. NATUUAL III8T0UY. 17U. eo-IIomcd JUunoceive, or i thorny brandies of mucli shorter than â dUig eighteen inelies th constant rubbing .bly formed, its most thick ossification in in this mass that the connected with tlie 1, and they may thns 3 of a shai-p knife. ;hout, and arc a fine inking cups, mallets c. «kc. The horn is es of the rhinoceros readily observe the ' them. The skin is extremely thick, and only to be penetrated by bullets hardenetl witii solder. During the day, tlie riunoceros will be found lying asleep, or standing indolently, in some retired part of tlie forest, or under the base of tiie mountains, sheltered from the power of the sun by some friendly grove of lum irelia-topped mimosas. In the evening, they coimnence their nightly nimble, and wander over a great extent of country. They usually visit tiio fountains between tiie hours of nine and twelve o'clock at night, and it is on these occasions tiiat tiiey may bo most successfully hunted, and with the least danger. The black rhinoceros is subject to iiaroxysms of unprovoked fuiy, often ploughing up the groiuid for soveml yiuds with its lioru, and assiwlting large bushes in tlie most violent manner. On these bushes they work for hours with their horns, at the sjime time snorting and blowing loudly ; nor do tliey leave them in general imtil they have broken tliem into pieces. All the four varieties de'ight to roll and wallow in mud, with which their rugged hides are generally encrusted. Botli varieties of the black rhinoceros are much smaller and more active than the white, and are so swift that a hoi-se with a rider on its back can rarely overtake them. The two varieties of the white rhinoceros are so similar in habits, that the description of one will serve for both, the principal diflerenco consisting hi the length and set of the anterior horn; that of the common white rhinoceros aveniging from two to three feet
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