Indonesia. The whole animal will fetch 150 guilders and more. Besides the horn, the important parts are the incisors (menoer) which are put in rings. And also the hide, that is used against the 'hama koengkang' (stenocoris varicornis), an insects that appears in swarms when the new fruits from the padis come out and which can destroy the entire crop in one night. These insects, although they also have a bad smell, is driven out by bad odours. People cut the rhino hide in pieces, which are dried and then burned on the fields, as soon as the approach of the insects is suspected.
Indonesia. The dried skins are also exported to Batavia, where they are bought by the Chinese who use it in the preparartion of a kind of 'keroepoek'.
The horn (tjoela) of the rhinoceros has a high value. It may be assumed to be known that it takes an important place in the local and Chinese medicine. It cures ailments of the chest, snake bites, internal and external wounds, and poisoning.
