With I'lashli-ht and Rifle 



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rndcr competent and trustwortliy mcinagement and with 

 adequate capital to draw upon, it could undoubtedly be 

 carried out most acKanta^eously ; and if the interests of 

 science were kept in mind, such an enterprise would be in 

 the national interest and worthy of universal su[)port. 



In May r903, while staying" on the west side of 

 Kilimanjaro, 1 decided to make a tVesh attempt to get 

 hold of a yoimg rhinoceros. This involved acquiring a 

 herd of cows and keeping a look-out tor a cow rhinoceros 

 with a young one of suitable age. 



In the middle of a dense thicket, more im[j)enetrable than 

 ever owino- to the rank vegetation followino^ the rainv 

 season, I at last saw what 1 wanted, after looking about 

 me for a long time in vain. The old cow rhinoceros had 

 already got wind of me, and any moment might see her 

 disappear into the jungle, so I was obliged to shoot at 

 her. She turned round as (juick as lightning, and, tollowecl 

 by her young one, went crashing and clattering into the 

 brushwood. My bullet had not been well i)laced ; the 

 slight extent to which she had bled showed that. 



Now follows an exciting and indescribably wearying 

 pursuit, my mc;n and I winding our way in among the 

 thorndnishc's as best we can. Soon my clothes are in 

 shreds and m\ face and hands ;ill torn and bleeding. 

 Ever\- moment 1 expect to run up against the wounded 

 and infuriat'-d am'mal. \\\ men ha\-e ci'ept up an ant-hill 

 in (^rder U) see what lies alu;ad, Suddenlv what's that ? 

 One ol them seems to have espied our (|uarr\' I 



Ouickly I clamber up the ant hill m\s(:ll, onl\' to dis- 

 cover that it is a dillercnt rhinoceros — a l)ull. judging by 



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