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flat on the ground. When the rhino reached 

 the top it ambled out on the veldt a few yards, 

 and, since it could not find its enemy, it stopped 

 and looked about. 



"While the animal's back was turned the 

 two boys and I jumped down into the cut and 

 made for the upturned car. Hurriedly we lifted 

 it on the track. I told the boys to push it to 

 the top of the down grade and to wait there 

 for me. Then I climbed back to the bank 

 and looked about to see what had become of 

 my third assistant. On the veldt only thirty 

 yards from him, the rhino stood, snorting and 

 puffing, and turning first to one side and then 

 to the other. I watched my opportunity and 

 then waved to the boy several times; but he 

 was so occupied in watching the rhino that at 

 first he did not see me. Finally, however, he 

 jumped up, dashed for the bank, and leaped 

 into the cut. 



"He was hardly on his feet when the brute 

 caught sight of him and again charged. The 

 boy bounded down the track toward us. The 

 rhino reached the top of the bank a hundred 

 feet behind him; it plunged down and contin- 

 ued the chase between the rails. 



