AFRICAN RHINOCEROSES 



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Chapman speak of having shot as many as eight in a single night, while they were 

 drinking at a water hole during the dry season. Mr. Selous remarks, however, that 

 the numbers thus met with were probably drawn together from over a large tract of 

 country, as at such times drinking places are few and far between. In 1874, Mr. 

 Selous met with a considerable number of these rhinoceroses on the Chobe, but on 

 again visiting the same district in 1877 he only came across traces of two, while in 

 1879 they had completely disappeared. In North Mashonaland there were, how- 

 ever, still a considerable number between 1878 and 1880, while others were to be 

 met with in a small tract 011 the Sabi river in Southeastern Africa. About ten years 



HEAD OF BURCHELL'S RHINOCEROS. 



(After Sclater.) 



ago Mr. Selous was, however, only able to find a single specimen in Mashonaland, 

 and it was then thought that this animal, which fell to his rifle, was actually the 

 last of its race. In a remote corner of Mashonaland this indefatigable hunter found, 

 however, some half-dozen individuals still living in 1892, two of which were subse- 

 quently shot by Mr. R. T. Coryndon. In the North Kalahari desert the species had 

 been completely exterminated some years previous to 1890. 



The extirpation of this rhinoceros is the more to be regretted since the mu- 

 seums are very badly off for specimens. It is, however, fortunate that Mr. Coryn- 

 don has succeeded in obtaining the skeletons and skins of two adult examples, 



