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THE WHITE KHINOCEROS AND THE HYRAX. 



This is always a morose and ill-tempered animal, and is even more to 

 be dreaded than the borele, on account of its greater size, strength, and 

 length of horn. The upper lip of the Keitloa overlaps the lower even 

 more than does that of the borele ; the neck is longer in proportion, 

 and the head is not so thickly covered with wrinkles. At its birth the 

 horns of this animal are only indicated by a prominence on the nose, 

 and at the age of two years the horn is hardly more than an inch in 

 length. At six years of age it is nine or ten inches long, and does not 

 reach its full measurement until the lapse of considerable time. 



The Keitloa or ISloajs's KHiNOCEiios {Bhinoeeros Keitloa). 



Tlie common White Khinoceros [Rhinoceros Simtis) is considerably 

 hu-ger than the two preceding animals, and, together with the kobaoba, 

 or long-horned white Rhinoceros, is remarkable for its square muzzle 

 and elongated head. The foremost horn of this animal is of very con- 

 siderable length, attaining a measurement of more than three feet 

 when fully grown. The second horn is short and conical, like that 

 of the borele. 



One of the most curious little animals in existence is the Hyrax, 

 interesting not so much from its imposing external appearance as for 

 its importance in filling up a link in the chain of creation. 



About as large as a tolerably-sized rabbit, covered with thick soft fur, 

 inhabiting holes in the banks, possessing incisor-like teeth, and, in fine, 

 being a very rabbit in habits, manners, and "appearance, it was long 



