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individual shot in 1882 (its head is now in the 

 Cape Town Museum), was for a long time con- 

 sidered to be the last of its race. Since then a 

 few survivors — rari nantes in gurgite vasto — have 

 been recorded south of the Zambesi. The follow- 

 ing is the scanty list of the appearances of R. 

 simus since 1 890 : — 



1892. Messrs. Eyre and Coryndon, in August, 



1892, saw a bull, cow and calf all 

 together : the next day they met a large 

 cow, a half-grown individual, and a calf. 

 The calf died in captivity after a few days. 



1893. Two adult bulls were shot in July, in 



Mashonaland, by Mr. R. C. Coryndon. 



1894. Six animals were killed in Zululand by the 



late Mr. C. R. Varndell and a friend. 



1895. A fine bull was shot by Mr. Eyre in North 



Mashonaland. 



1897. The spoor of a bull and a cow were seen in 

 Matawamba by Mr. F. V. Kirby. 



1903. Dr. Gunning, of the Pretoria Museum and 

 Zoological Gardens, kindly informs me 

 that four individuals still linger near 

 Lake Ngami : there were eleven before 

 the outbreak of the war in 1899, four in 

 Zululand, and seven near Ngami. These 

 complete the list.^ 



1 According to a more recent estimate, there are, however, about 

 ten white rhinoceroses still in Zululand. In December, 1902, an old 

 bull and a younger one " escaped " into a native reservation, where 

 they were promptly killed with spears. (See Held for March 21, 

 190'3). 



