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plishes this or not, he generally feels so uncertain of his 

 position, that he moves to some other locality." The 

 same observations apply to the other African species. 

 (Fig. 12.) When disturbed or attacked the rhinoceros 

 becomes furious, and especially when wounded : he then 

 rushes towards his foe, and, if he can get the hunter once 

 within his sight, the escape of the latter, unless he exert 

 great presence of mind, or the well-directed shot of a 

 companion stop the animal in his career, is very doubtful. 

 The best plan is to wait till the enraged beast approaches, 

 and then step aside suddenly, where some bush or in- 

 equality of the ground may afford a shelter, and give 

 time to the hunter for reloading his gun before the rhi- 

 noceros gets sight of him again, which fortunately it does 

 slowly and with difficulty. Travellers in the regions 



12.— African Rliinoceros. 



