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different from, the ordinary African rhinoceros. The spinal 

 processes of the dorsal vertebrae are so developed as to make 

 a very prominent hump over the withers, while forward of 

 this is a still higher and more prominent fleshy hump on the 

 neck. The huge, misshapen head differs in all respects as 



Veldt pool, rhino camp 

 From a photograph by Edmund Heller 



widely from the head of the common or so-called black rhi- 

 noceros as the head of a moose differs from that of a wapiti. 

 The morning after making camp we started on a rhi- 

 noceros hunt. At this time in this neighborhood, the rhi- 

 noceros seemed to spend the heat of the day in sleep, and 

 to feed in the morning and evening, and perhaps through- 

 out the night; and to drink in the evening and morning, 

 usually at some bay or inlet of the river. In the morning 

 they walked away from the water for an hour or two, until 

 they came to a place which suited them for the day's sleep. 

 Unlike the ordinary rhinoceros, the square-mouthed rhi- 

 noceros feeds exclusively on grass. Its dung is very differ- 

 ent; we only occasionally saw it deposited in heaps, ac- 

 cording to the custom of its more common cousin. The 



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