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on four short posts. As for its head, with the two curving horns over its nose, it 

 was ugly beyond description. Its very repulsiveness was enough to make one run. 

 But Bob felt the old thrill, when he ran his eyes over the monster, and realized 

 that the very chance he coveted was his. 

 Here was the rhinoceros, and with no one 

 in sight to rob him of the glory of " bag- 

 ging " him. 



Although the horse was naturally 

 alarmed when confronted by such a 

 frightful-looking enemy, he did not break 

 away in a panic, as an untrained 



animal would have 

 done. He maintained 

 his ground, though his 

 rider felt him trem- 

 bling like an aspen. 

 A SUDDEN ATTACK. So long as the rhinoc- 



eros approached no 



c I >scr, he would not flee, but at the first advance of the terrible beast the steed 

 v ould become ungovernable. 



