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I knew that the first one which we had seen 

 carried the best horn, so we followed him. After half- 

 an-hour's cautious walking through stunted bushes we 

 climbed a low hill and found him lying on his side in 

 some longish grass, dozing. It was hard to make out 

 whether the dark object we could distinguish was 

 really a rhino, but his twitching ear betrayed him. I 

 was very anxious to get a good photograph, and as the 

 occasion seemed propitious settled a plan of campaign 

 with Hassan. 



We took up our position behind a small thorn-bush 

 twenty-five or thirty yards from the sleeping animal. 

 I had my camera, Hassan the "450 and the other gun- 

 bearer the '275. A third man then proceeded to 

 attract the attention of the slumbering leviathan. 

 The first two stones went wide, but the third struck 

 him fair and square on the flank. I was really rather 

 sorry for the poor old chap ! It was a rude 

 awakening. He jumped up with an indignant snort, 

 and I got an excellent snap as he turned. An 

 enlargement of it appears opposite. 



I gave Hassan the camera and took the '450. 

 The movement caught his attention, and whipping 

 round on his short inadequate-looking legs he came 

 for me in a manner which certainly looked like 

 business. The first shot hit him in the shoulder at 

 about twenty yards and evidently staggered him, but 

 he came resolutely on. I fancy, from the guttural 

 noises I heard coming from the depth of the bush, 

 that Hassan thought I had forgotten the existence of 



