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YOUNG AFRICAN" TWO-HORNED RHINOCEROS. 



1905, in the northern point of German East Africa, within 

 about sixty miles of the head of Speke Gulf, which is the 

 southeastern arm of Lake Victoria Nyanza. The elevation 

 .is between 4,000 and 5,000 feet. It was slung under a pole, 

 "and carried, six days' journey on men's shoulders, to the 

 shore of the lake. 



The male specimen was captured very near the same spot 

 .which furnished the female, but one year later, (July, 1906), 

 and in the same manner was carried to the lake front. From 

 thence, both animals were transported by steamer to 'Port 

 Florence, at the head of the Uganda Railway, thence by 

 rail 500 miles to Mombasa. 



On April 1, 1907, the male Rhinoceros, which has been 

 named "Speke," was 30^4 inches in shoulder height, and 

 the female, christened "Victoria," was 39 inches high. Both 

 animals are now in excellent health, and the latter has 

 grown very rapidly since her arrival here. 

 . The African Two-Horned Rhinoceros once was very abun- 

 dant throughout the whole of the fertile plains region of 

 east and south Africa, but the onslaughts of hunters have 

 exterminated it from probably nine-tenths of the territory 

 that it once occupied. To-day, the Englishmen of Africa are 

 earnestly endeavoring to regulate and abate the slaughter 



