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by hunters, would habitually spend its days lying or standing 

 in the open plain; nor would it, in such places, repeatedly, 

 and in fact uniformly, permit men to walk boldly up to it 

 without heeding them until in its immediate neighborhood. 

 The elephant's sight is bad, as is that of the rhinoceros; 

 but a comparatively brief experience with rifle-bearing man 



West side of Kenia's peak, taken at an altitude of 15,000 feet 

 From a photograph by J. A Iden Loring 



usually makes the former take refuge in regions where 

 scent and hearing count for more than sight; while no ex- 

 perience has any such effect on the rhino. The 'rhinos that 

 now live in the bush are the descendants of those which 

 always lived in the bush; and it is in the bush that the 

 species will linger long after it has vanished from the open; 

 and it is in the bush that it is most formidable. 



Elephant and rhino differ as much in their habits as in 

 their intelligence. The former is very gregarious, herds of 



