Rhinoceroses 



shouting and singing so as to prevent any such encounter 

 happening to us again. 



The following morning we found the rhinoceros a 

 big, powerful bull lying dead sixty paces or so from 

 the spot where I had shot him. The lead-tipped steel 

 bullet had penetrated his shoulder, and was to be found on 

 the other side under the skin. 



Nocturnal meetings with rhinoceroses are not always 



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THE RHINOCEROSES GOT UP AND CAMK FOR ME FUI.I. TILT 



so fortunate in their results sometimes they are most 

 dangerous in these circumstances. As a general rule, 

 however, when a rhinoceros gets to know of the vicinity 

 of a man at night time he gives him a wide berth. This 

 was to be my own experience on other occasions. 



In the upper regions of the watershed between the 

 Masai country and Victoria X van/a I had numerous 



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