Note
Location
Captive
Subject
Behaviour
Species
Greater One-horned Rhino (unicornis)
Barrackpore, Calcutta in 1829. The animal came from the mountains on the other side of the Ganges, where I am assured, the animals are used in the works of agriculture.
Note
Location
Captive
Subject
Behaviour
Species
Greater One-horned Rhino (unicornis)
Year
1829
in 1829. In the menagerie of Barrackpour, I visited the rhinoceros. It is an adult specimen of the Unicornis species. He came from the mountains on the other side of the Ganges. His size is the same as the one in the Paris Museum. It is chained around his legs to a tree. It eats plants. His skin is regularly bathed in oil. Twice the animal almost escaped.
