W'ah I'lashlight and Rillc »^ 



bclK , which the birds caniiol l^cI at c'.isily. I lia\c (ouml 

 various species of these parasites upon tlutiu, aiul, aiiionj^ 

 others, . liiiblyouia aiircinii, Anihl. hcbrccinii. Anibl. 

 deziiDH, anth in \'ery consitleiMble numbers, ncnjiaccnlor 

 rJiiuoccrolis. 



W;ry prol)abl\ the rhinoceros is inleslc-d also b\ anoth(;r 

 kind ol lick, unknown until <hscover(;d b\ in_\selt. ( )l 

 all ihese that 1 have; nraned, how(n'er, the Dcrmaccutor 

 rhiiioccrotis is the only one that is peculiar to the 

 idiinocei'os. 



I ha\e ne\'er aclualK encountercul more than lour 

 rhinoceroses at a time, though I ha\e olten seen as many 

 as eioht tocrether. The manner in which the\ Imd their 

 way to their drinkino-places, often invoK ini;' a journey of 

 several hours, is wonderlul. I he\ select s(;\-eral spots 

 on which to drop their duni^, which the\ then scatter 

 about with their hind-lc^s. in ihis tashion it is they 

 set about makiuL!,' their wide pathways over the velt. 

 I)oubtless these heaps ol duuL;' ser\'e as marks, whic-h hell) 

 them to fmd ilieir way back in the direction Irom which 

 the\' ha\e come. 



1 he shape of rhinoceros-horns \aries o-reatly. The 

 horns of the cows are lon^, and alwa\s thinner than 

 those of the bulls. .Sometimes the horns are flat, like 

 swords. \'ou Imd this sometimes e\'en m those regions 

 in whit'h round-shaped hoiais are the general laile. Now 

 and attain the horns ol \cy\ old cow rhinocerosc-s L;row 

 to tin; leni^th of nearly live leet. 



in a \'er\' lew rare cases more than two, sometinu^s 

 as many as fixe, horns are to be lound on the Alrican 



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