Print of a rhinoceros made in England in the early 18th century. The text starts: “He is found in ye desarts of Africa & in some parts of Asia” A copy of this print is in the Parsons Collection at the University of Glasgow. This one is from the collection of the Bodleian in Oxford.
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Text:
The Rhinoceros
He is found in the desarts of Africa & in some parts of Asia. He feeds on grass & briars, & holds emnity with the eliphant. He hurts not mankind unless provok’d. When he is to fight he sharpens his horns on the stones. In combate with the eliphant he aims at the belly knowing it to be the softest part. Which if he misses the eliphant surely dispatches him with his trunck & teeth. His tongue is so sharp that he can lick a man to death. When provok’d he will destroy man & horse in an instant. He delights in mud, he grunts like a hog, the Moores feed on his flesh, which is extreame hard, and sinewey.
Sold at the White Horse without Newgate.
