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unless irritated by seeing a dog, to which it had a great 

 aversion, or by too much familiarity, would not attempt 

 to hurt him. When annoyed it warned us of the fact, 

 and of the advisability of getting beyond the limits of its 

 tether, by its forcibly expelling the air through its closed 

 lips, forming a noise resembling an emphatic sneeze, while 

 at the same time it imparted a sudden stiffness to its neck, 

 very similar to what may be observed in cattle when dis- 

 pleased with anything they see passing. This was all 

 particularly interesting to us ; for although the sound 

 they make was one well known to every hunter as the 

 precursor of a charge, the imminent danger it usually 

 announced had prevented any of us from hitherto learning 

 how it was made. 



We ascribed its death, which occurred before long, to 

 too sudden a change from its mother's milk, but, if a 

 specimen were really wanted for this country, and there 

 is not a single one as yet, I have no doubt that even this 

 difficulty a serious one in a land where cattle do not 

 exist on account of the tsetse might be got over by the 

 sacrifice of the lives of a few cows, for, as the bite of this 

 insect does not cause immediate death, although they 

 would ultimately die, yet they might be brought down 

 to the plains, and would probably live long enough to 

 take the young rhinoceros on to the higher districts, 

 where plenty of milk could be procured. 



Although I have come across kulumane in greater or 

 less numbers in all parts of South Africa, I have never 

 found them so common as they were, and are even to this 

 day, despite the hundreds that have been shot, in the 

 valley of the Black UmfolosL In many parts where 



