^ Stalking Expeditions in tlie Nyika 



have no covert of any description. On the other hand, it 

 shall not be murdered in its sleep, so there rini^s out a short, 

 loud cry trom me. How unfamiliar sounds my own voice 

 to me in this tremendous solitude ! As if struck by 

 lightning, the rhinoceros leaps up with incredible rapidity, 

 his ears pointed sharply forward, and offering me, half- 

 obliquely, a good aim. 



My shot rings out ! Puffing and snorting like a steam- 



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engine, the beast Mings himself round twice in a circle, 

 seeking for his foe. But already my rifle has spoken for 

 the second time, and simultaneously with the sound the 

 mighty beast succumbs ; in the death-struggle the heavy 

 head falls with a thud once or twice upon the stony 

 ground of the desert. Cautiously I approach my fallen 

 prey ; the little, blinking eyes induce me to administer a 



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