A WHOLE ARMFUL. 



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Mingled with the feeling of amusement was that of pity for the little one that 

 was looking for its parent, which had been shot only a few minutes before. A 

 young rhinoceros is so attached to its mother that it will fight with great fury in 

 her defense. The youngster had not yet seen its parent, though her body lay but a 

 short distance off, and the hunters were desirous of preventing the discovery. 



Without a moment's hesitation, Jack Harvey sprang from his mustang, and, 

 gathering the pumpkin-like object in his arm, clambered back into the saddle. It 

 required all his strength to do so, and when he was seated once more on his steed, 

 he found he had his hands full indeed, for it weighed a good many pounds and was 

 as awkward to handle as a prize watermelon. 



Had it offered any resistance, the task would have been impossible, but the 

 prize was unexpectedly docile, lying as motionlesss in its novel resting-place as a 

 tired lamb reposes in the arms of its shepherd. 



Turning about, the party lost no time in 

 forcing its way out of the grass into the 

 plain on the higher ground. Night had now 

 descended, but they were in high spirits over 

 their success. They had had a sharp brush 

 with the huge animals, and secured the prize 

 they were anxious to get. 



The hunters had gone but 

 a short distance when they 

 caught the twinkle of the en- 

 campment, which was at no 

 great distance, and they moved 

 forward at an easy pace. 



Bob and Dick would not 

 have been themselves had they 

 not indulged in many quirps 

 and jests at the expense of Jack 

 Harvey, who was so pleased 

 over his success that he took 

 everything with the best na- 

 ture. He carried the plump 

 fellow as though it were a baby, 

 changing its head from one arm 

 to the other, and endeavoring 

 to make its position as well as 



his own comfortable. The ungainly chunk never protested except once, when the 

 nurse, in shifting it about, accidentally got it wrong end upward. The infant lay 

 still a minute, as if waiting for its attendant to correct his error, but, finding he did 

 not do so, kicked so vigorously that Jack made haste to re-invert the captive, which 

 now bears the name of " Mungo." 



A TROUBLESOME CAPTURE. 



