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Anonymous 1818. The rhinoceros. Asiatic Journal 6: 295.

The rhinoceros

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Location India Subject Morphology Species Greater One-horned Rhino (unicornis)

[Questioning if a musket=ball would penetrate the hide of a rhinoceros] I remember having the opportunity of making the experiment on the carcase of an old animal of uncommon size, which had been killed near Givalpara on the border of the wild country of Asam, a spot where rhinoceroses abound. [The bullet did not penetrate the skin]
[The rhinoceros rips up the belly of the elephant]

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