A RACE WITH A "RHINO" 217 



and began a series of comical, awkward bucks; 

 after that it ran about twenty-five yards and 

 stopped. The other stood still and continued 

 to stare at us. 



"I ordered one of the boys to walk ahead 

 and try to drive it away from the track. Re- 

 luctantly he obeyed, much to the amusement 

 of his comrades. As the boy waved his arms 

 and shouted the rhino wheeled about and 

 rushed off after its companion. I jumped on 

 the car, shouted to the boys to push, and we 

 started rapidly down the track. 



"Ahead there was a sharp bend. For most 

 of the way round the track ran through a cut 

 eight feet deep; at the farther end of the cut 

 it dropped down a steep grade. The rhinos 

 were cutting across this bend, and, although the 

 chance of meeting them again at the farther side 

 occurred to me, the possibility seemed remote. 



"We were nearly out of the cut when a 

 great dark body suddenly came plunging over 

 the bank on our left. We all shouted, and the 

 rhino tried to turn, but its momentum was 

 too great; the animal lost its balance and came 

 rolling down the bank ahead of us. 



"The boy who was riding with me jumped, 



