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vanished world, standing alone in the parched desolation 

 of the wilderness. 



On another day Kermit saw ten rhino, none with more 

 than ordinary horns. Five of them were in one party, and 

 were much agitated by the approach of the men ; they ran 

 to and fro, their tails twisted into the usual pig-like curl, 

 and from sheer nervous stupidity bade fair at one time to 

 force the hunters to fire in self-defence. Finally, however, 

 they all ran off. In the case of a couple of others a curious 

 incident happened. When alarmed they failed to make 

 out where the* danger lay, and after running away a short 

 distance they returned to a bush near by to look about. 

 One remained standing, but the other deliberately sat 

 down upon its haunches like a dog, staring ahead, Ker- 

 mit meanwhile being busy with his camera. Two or three 

 times I saw rhino, when roused from sleep, thus sit up on 

 their haunches and look around before rising on all four 

 legs; but this was the only time that any of us saw a rhino 

 which was already standing assume such a position. No 

 other kind of heavy game has this habit; and indeed, so 

 far as I know, only one other hoofed animal, the white goat 

 of the northern Rocky Mountains. In the case of the 

 white goat, however, the attitude is far more often assumed, 

 and in more extreme form; it is one of the characteristic 

 traits of the queer goat-antelope, so many of whose ways 

 and looks are peculiar to itself alone. 



From the lily pond camp we went back to our camp 

 outside Sururu's village. This was a very pleasant camp 

 because while there, although the heat was intense in the 

 daytime, the nights were cool and there were no mosquitoes. 

 During our stay in the Lado it was generally necessary 



