THE AFRICAN RHINOCEROS 



ington, I did not shoot the beast, which I could very easily 

 have done, as the rhino, followed by an almost full-grown 

 calf, passed in front of me at a distance of not more than 

 fifty to sixty yards; I was fortunate enough, however, to 

 secure a couple of good photographs of this curious-looking 

 animal. 



In 1906, when hunting northwest of Mt. Kenia, I saw 

 at a distance of some two or three hundred yards an un- 

 usually large rhino with a long and abnormal-looking horn. 

 In this case it was the front horn, which had grown up to 

 a length of probably some forty inches or more, while 

 almost at its middle it had a sort of extension which, at 

 that distance, looked as if the rhino had put its horn 

 through a pumpkin. For hours and hours I tried to get 

 within shooting range of this queer-looking beast, but 

 before I could find any cover, the wind being unfavorable, 

 he scented us and made ofiF at a very quick gait, never to 

 be seen by us again. In 1909 I saw some trophies that 

 were sent down from German East Africa by way of Vic- 

 toria Nyanza and the Uganda Railroad, and which be- 

 longed to a German settler. He had shot, among other 

 animals, a most curious-looking rhino, having both horns 

 of about the same size and length, but both curving toward 

 each other until they met, thus forming a perfect arch over 

 the nose. 



While the skin of the Indian one-horned rhinoceros is 

 thicker than that of the two-horned African, and divided 

 in large, armorlike patches, the latter has a more uniform 

 and much smoother skin, varying in thickness from one 

 third of an inch under the belly and inside of the hind legs 

 to fully one inch and more on the sides and back. The 



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