Show thick skinned Axa mals the whale which belongs to the mam malla has a skin nowhere less than seven inches and in many places fully two feet in thickness the skin of the whale is the substance usually known as blubber and in a large specimen will weigh altogether more than thirty tons the distinction of being the thickest skinned quadruped belongs to the indian rhinoceros whose hide has haa a knotty or granulated surface and is so impenetrable as to resist the claws of the lion hoe or tiger the sword or the balls of the old fas fashioned won ed musket so stiff and hard is this skin that were it not divided by crea creases 8 es OZ 02 folds the animal imp imprisoned riso ned in I 1 its ts armor could scarcely move more it ismann fractured into leather of great strength and durability and targets and an shields are made of it that are absolutely proof against darts or sword strokes the skin of the hippopotamus runs that of the rhinoceros very closely as regards thickness when dried it is also use used d for shields which ch are highly prized by the natives of africa |