THE WHITK i;ni\'-i:i;oa. <- I 



.asjly approached and killed on foot. On this occasion, however, it s^m-d an if fate 

 hail intrrfrr.-.l 



"Turnini: to my aft.-r-ri.l.-r. I rail.-! mil : By heaven 1 that f.-llow has got n tin.- horn ! 

 I will ha\- a -lmt at him.' With that. I .-lap]..-.! -pui>. t.. my horee, who BOOB brought me 

 alongside th.- huge beaut, ami tin- n.-\i instant I lodged a bull in hi* INK}}', but, an it turned 

 out. not \vithdradlyeffect. On receiving m\ shot. tin- Khinocrros. t,,m\ great sun. ris,-. inst.-ad 

 .if ...kin- safrty in Hiirht, an in the hal.it .if this grin-rallx in..lT.-n>iv.- animal, suddenly stopjM-d 

 short. thru turn.-d sharply round, and having eyrd me most curiously fur a sexnd or t\\>. 

 walked s|o\\h towaids mr. I nr\i-r ihi-amt of danger. N rtheless. I iiist inrt i\i-ly turned 

 my horn's head away: but, strange to say, this creature. n>nxill> so dcilr an.l 

 which the slights touch of the rein.s would be suflicirnt to guide now absolutely refused 

 t<> iri*r me his hejid. \Vhen at hurt he did so, it was too late; for. notwithstanding the 

 Rhinoceros had only U-en walking, the distance between us was so inconsiderable. that l.y this 

 time I clearly saw cotitart wa.s uuavoidalile. Ind*<-d. in another moment I observed the brute 

 liend low his heaul, and, with a thrust upwards, strike his horn into the ribs of the horae uith 

 sin-h fore.- a> to ]>ni>tnitf to the very saddle on the opposite side, when- I frit it sharp i*iint 

 against my leg. 



I'll.- violence of the blow was so tremendous as to cause the hone to make a complete 

 somersault in the air, coming heavily down on its hack. With regard to myself, I was, as a 

 matter of ronrsr, violmtly precipitated to the ground. Whilst thus prostrat-<l. I actually saw 

 the horn of the infuriated beast alongside of me; l.ut. se*mingly s;itistie<l with his reveiujr. 

 without atteni]iting to do farther mischief, he start*-*! off at a cant-r from the scene of action. 

 My after-riil. T having by this time come up, I rushed upon him, and almost pulling him off 

 has horse, h-apt into the <iddlr ; and. without a hat, and my face streaming with blood, was 

 quickly in pursuit of the retreating beast, which I soon had the satisfaction to see stretched 

 lifeless at my feet." 



THE flesh of the Mrcntrco, or MOXOOIIOO, on the White Rhinoceros is called by the 

 natives, js apt t<> !* rather tough, but is of good flavor. The l>est jxntions are those which are 

 cut from the upper part of the shoulder and from the ril>s, where the fat and the lean parts an- 

 regularly striped to the depth of two inches. If a huge portion of the meat is to l>e cook.-d at 

 on.- timr, the flesh is generally baked in the cavity of a forsaken ant-hill, which is conw-rt.-d 

 into an extempore oven for the occasion ; but if a single hunter should m-ed only to as-ua-'- 

 his own hunger, he cuts a series of slices from the ribs, and dresses them at his fire. The 

 hid*- of the Monoohoo is enormously thick, and givrs a novice no little trouble to get it from 

 the body, as it is as luird as a board, and nearly as stiff. An adept, however, will skin the 

 animal as quickly and easily as if it were a sheep. 



The KOBAOBA, or Long-horned White Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros osweUii)\n much^ rarer than 

 either of the preceding species, and is found far in the interior, mostly to the east of the 

 Limpopo River. The peculiar manner in which this sjM-cics carries it.s horn*, makes it a very 

 conspicuous animal. In all the other six-cirs. the horns are curved, and incliin- nit her back- 

 ward ; but in the Kobaoba, the foremost horn is nearly straight, and project* forward, so that 

 \vhrn the animal is running, the tip of the horn nearly touches the ground. Indeed, the 

 extmnity of an adult Kobaoba's horn is generally rublied down on one side, owing to the 

 frequency with which it has come in contact with the earth. The head of this and the preced- 

 ing species is always carried very low, forming a singular contrast to the saucy and indr- 

 pendent manner in which the borele carries his head. 



The long horn of the Kobaoba sometimes exceeds four feet in length, and as it is almost 

 straight, is most valuable for many purposes. The best, toughest, and straightest ramrods are 

 manufactured from this horn, and I have seen one of these ramrods that was almost four feet 

 long, vrn after lieing shaped and trimmed, so that tin- horn from which it was cut must have 

 been still longer. The mother Kobsioki employ* this horn for a very curious purpose, as was 

 seen by Gumming. Whenever the mother and her young are abroad, the calf always takes 

 the lead, and in this instance she guided her little one by pressing it against the calf s side. 



