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truss of clover, one quart of rice, half a bushel of 

 beans, and twenty to twenty-four gallons of water." 

 Assisted by the free range and wholesome exercise 

 of the desert, a wild rhinoceros could no doubt put 

 away much more even than this ample allowance. 

 The white rhinoceros, by the way, like its black 

 congener, always drank at night, usually between 

 the hours of nine and twelve. 



There can, I fear, be little doubt that this rare 

 and interesting quadruped will within the next two 

 or three years have become quite exterminated — a 

 creature of the past. Naturalists have to thank the 

 Hon. Walter Rothschild, who "commissioned Mr. 

 Coryndon, for his enterprise and generosity ; as well 

 as that hunter himself and Mr. Varndell for their 

 skill and success in procuring the first — and probably 

 the last — complete specimens of this mammal, before 

 its final extinction. 



