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Daily Advertiser 1741. Rhinoceros in London. Daily Advertiser, London 1741, 24 December.

Rhinoceros in London

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To be Seen
At the Sign of the Golden Cross at Charing Cross
The Great Male Rhinoceros
or real Unicorn, that was taken in the Great Moguls Dominion after a Journey of a thousand Leagues by land to Patna, was shipp'd on board the Lyell, Capt. Acton, and brought to London in June 1740. This extraordinary Animal is but four years old. ... There has never been one in England since the Memory of Man. He is next in growth to the Elephant.

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