Gee, E.P., 1952. Early rhinoceros in Europe. Country Life 112, 1952 August 8: 401, fig. 1
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Germany 1748. Medal found in Germany by brother of Peter Ryhiner and sent to P.D. Stracey in Assam. Medal struck in Nuremberg in 1748:
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This Rhinoceros has been brought to Europe in the year 1741 by captain David Moyt from the Sea of Bengal, and in the year 1747 when it was eight and a half years old it was 12 shoes long, 12 shoes girth and 57 shoes high. It feeds daily on 60 pounds of hay, 20 pounds of bread and drinks 14 buckets of water.
Must be number 4 mentioned by Gowers.
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