TWO-HORNED AFRICAN RHINOCEROS. 185 



of it is for whips, shamboks ;+ and the skin is 

 always immediately cut up into strips for this 

 purpose. 



* The shambok is a strip three feet or more in length, of 

 the hide either of a Hippopotamus or Rhinoceros, rounded 

 to the thickness of a man's finger, and tapering to the top. 

 This is universally used in the Colony for a horsewhip, 

 and is much more durable than the whips of European 

 manufacture. This manufacture is also known in North 

 Africa, and forms an article of trade, under the name of 

 corbage. 



