white Rhinoceros 



Meat in general appeals to their stomachs, and 

 in spite of their all-night sitting I saw a solid 

 mass of half-naked men flourishing long, sharp 

 knives, yelling, shouting, and screaming at the 

 top of their voices, tearing, hacking, and hewing 

 at the bloody and dishevelled carcase. Great 

 coarse pieces of gory flesh were being thrown 

 about — the highly-prized stomach had long since 

 vanished — knives dripping with blood were 

 gleaming and slashing round the mangled remains 

 in the most dangerous way in every available 

 spot ; whilst some of the company, who had not 

 been lucky enough to retain a front seat at this 

 delectable form of amusement, were pushing and 

 trying to climb over or force a way under their 

 more fortunate comrades in front. Others con- 

 tented themselves with thrusting their long sharp 

 weapons over the shoulders or between the legs 

 of their companions who were nearest, them- 

 selves drenched in blood and " in'ards " from 

 head to foot. Some were actually struggling 

 manfully inside the carcase itself. 



If one's sisters or one's cousins or one's aunts 

 were to witness a scene like this, I would back 

 them to fly shrieking to the privacy of their tents, 

 there to tie themselves up and pray for mercy at 

 the hands of these presupposed cannibals, whose 

 appetite for blood would, presumedly, be well 

 whetted by the time their orgy had terminated. 



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