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mountain in the thornbush country. After the report of the shot we heard a couple 
of Rhinoceroses snorting in the bushes close behind us, but we did not see them. 
As we were on march I wanted the Baboon skinned at once so that the boys should 
not need to carry the heavy body. My gunbearers drove then the Rhinoceroses 
away by throwing some stones at them so that they should not disturb the skinners. 
When we were camping at the water-holes at Njoro I went out as usual in 
the morning the 215+ of Febr. to collect zoological material and had shot some small 
birds when a porter came running to me and said something about a »faru» (Rhino) 
which was about to kill the »nyumbis» (mules) and threatened the camp. I returned 
speedily and saw a Rhinoceros most peacefully browsing close to our mules on the 
other side of the dry river-bed at which we had our camp. The boys were of course 
very excited and wanted me to shoot. As the Rhinoceros had only small horns I 
did not want to shoot it, hoping to get a better specimen for the collection at ano- 
ther opportunity. I told the boys that, but said that if they wanted me to stay at 
the camp and protect them I would wait there till the Rhinoceros had walked away. 
When the boys found that they could not entice me to shoot, the »faru» suddenly 
lost all its dangerous qualities, and two hegroes at once ran across the dry river-bed 
and drove away the Rhinoceros by shouting and throwing sticks at him, and he 
trotted of through the bushes with full speed. 
A comparatively long experience of a similar kind proved to me that at least 
the greatest number of these animals, if not all, were rather good-natured, but by 
and by I learned to know that not all had the same kind disposition. One day when 
we were marching from a water-place Thera in the thornbush to Guaso Nyiri I went 
about half an hour in front of the safari with my gunbearers and an askari as guide. 
We followed a game path, and the wind blew across from left to right. Suddenly 
we perceived a Rhinoceros lying under an acacia to the right of our path. We were 
thus not able to pass without his noticing us. We stopped then and my gun- 
bearer, Kongoni, advanced cautiously to the left of the path. As soon as the Rhino 
got wind of Kongoni he jumped to his feet and with a »locomotive snort» (as 
VauGHAN KirBy says) he went for the boy with full speed. When the askari, who 
also had advanced a little an the left side of the path, saw this, he shot (and hit 
the ground several metres from the Rhino). The Rhino changed then direction about 
45 degrees towards the askari. I took then a step to be clear of a bush and be 
ready to shoot. The Rhino saw this movement, changed again his direction about 
45 degrees and came towards me, but a bullet in his neck at rather close quarters 
made him swerve off. This was plainly a very deliberate charge, and the interesting 
thing is that the Rhino changed direction twice when he saw a new adversary. 
A few days later, an afternoon when I was returning to our camp at Guaso 
Nyiri below Chanler Falls we found a Rhino lying close to the game path which 
we were following. The thornbush was rather thick there, and it would have been 
troublesome to make a detour around him. I tried therefore to drive him off 
by shouting at him. He started to his feet with a snort and as we were near him 
