GLIMPSES OF EAST AFRICA AND ZANZIBAR 



to turn the beast, or try and dodge it ; either rather 

 hopeless, as great clumsy creatures though they 

 are, they can gallop and turn remarkably quickly. 

 So Moses handed me my rifle, and he, the porters 

 and I crouched on the ground to watch and await 

 events. Moses's finger itched to keep my rifle, I 

 could see ! 



When my husband was within a hundred yards, 

 a rhino-bird flew off the beast's head, shrieking, to 

 give warning of danger ; so the, huge creature rose 

 up on to his feet and sniffed the air, throwing his 

 head from side to side. Then my husband fired, and 

 the rhino bounded off wounded, a good shot just be- 

 hind the left shoulder-blade, but, alas ! a soft-nosed 

 bullet '450 ; for Wilson the orderly had only brought 

 that sort in the bag. My husband and Wilson fol- 

 lowed over the brow of the hill and found the rhino 

 waiting for them, head on, stamping and rolling its 

 head about. My husband, fully expecting a charge, 

 fired again and got it just in the centre of its neck, 

 also considered a vital spot. The beast made a 

 gurgling noise, and they thought it was done for, 

 but it suddenly galloped off as fast as it could — too 

 fast for the two men to keep up with it, down a hill 

 and up another and over the top of that. We, that 

 is Moses and I and the three Kikuyu, had changed 

 hills, as we fully expected the wounded animal to 

 circle round and charge down on us, as they often 

 do, so we went over to the one he came from. On 



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