 | Beavan, R.C. 1865 The rhinoceros in Bhotan (Rhinoceros indicus, Cuv). Intellectual Observer 6: 170-174 |
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| When provoked, the rage of the Indian rhinoceros is almost beyond conception; it charges blindly with great violence, and combining as it does enormous weight with an almost bullet-proof hide, its onset is much dreaded by even the staunchest in the line of elephants engaged in beating, and as oft... |
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| Beavan, R.C. 1865 The rhinoceros in Bhotan (Rhinoceros indicus, Cuv). Intellectual Observer 6: 170-174 |
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| They are considered by those acquainted with their habits the most dangerous to attack of all Indian wild beasts. |
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| Butler, J. 1847 A sketch of Assam, with some account of the hill tribes. London, Smith, Elder and Co, pp. i-vi, v-x, 1-220 |
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| Rhinos are tamed in a few months and may be seen at Gowahatty grazing on the plains as harmless as cows, guarded by a single man. When they are tame, they can be bought for 100-150 rupees. Many have been sent to Calcutta where they fetch 500 rupees. |
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| Butler, J. 1847 A sketch of Assam, with some account of the hill tribes. London, Smith, Elder and Co, pp. i-vi, v-x, 1-220 |
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| Rhinos are tamed in a few months and may be seen at Gowahatty grazing on the plains as harmless as cows, guarded by a single man. When they are tame, they can be bought for 100-150 rupees. Many have been sent to Calcutta where they fetch 500 rupees. |
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| Roorda van Eysinga, P.P. 1843 Indie, ter bevordering der kennis van Nederlands Oostersche bezittingen. Breda, Nijs, vol. 3, part 1, pp. vi, 1-560 |
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| The stories that the rhinoceros is never tamed are contradicted by experience. |
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| Geoffroy St. Hilaire, I. 1842 Description des collections de Victor Jacquemont: Mammiferes et oiseaux. Paris, [no publisher], pp. 1-87, i-iv |
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| Observations by Jacquemont. A very interesting fact that has been mentioned is the use that is made of the rhinoceros in its haunts on the other side of the Ganges, as we are assured, for works in agriculture. |
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| Anonymous 1842 Rhinoceros [broken loose in Barrackpore, Calcutta, killing a man]. Reading Mercury Saturday 15 January 1842 |
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| Jacquemont, V. 1841 Voyage dans l'Inde pendant les annees 1828 a 1832: Journal. Paris, Firmin Didot freres, vol. 1, pp. 1-3, i-iii, 1-526 |
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| 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. |
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| Gelpke, J.H.F.S. 1838 Schets van het eiland Nousakambang-an. Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indie 1 (2): 54-70 |
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| Rhinoceroses have settled on the island, but if we are to believe the story of the local people who have lived on the island for seventy years, it appears that there is only one of these dangerous animals on the island, which the people perceive as holy, and which has received the name kerto dupo... |
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| Low, J. 1836 History of Tenasserim. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 3: 25-54, figs. 2-4 |
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| Rhinoceros horn are an article of trade but the quantity is very limited, the natives being more afraid of this animal than of the elephant or even the tiger. He is considered courageous who will venture near the spot where one may be luxuriating in the cool mud of a creek, for the animal it is ... |
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