THE WORLD'S WONDERS. 



A RHINOCEROS HUNT. 



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UPON arriving on the farthest border of Ugogo, at a settlement 

 called Kanyenye, eight of the porters deserted, taking with 

 them as many mules laden with stores, which compelled a day's 

 stoppage. While here, one of the natives, upon noticing fire- 

 arms among the party, told Capt. Speke that in the immediate 

 locality were not a few two-horned rhinoceros, which every night 

 visited the bitter pools near by to bathe. This information 

 greatly delighted Speke and Grant, who directly made prepara- 



THE TWO-HORNED RHINORCEROS. 



tions to indulge their bent for a hunt, while others of the party 

 were sent in search of the deserters and stolen mules. 



At ten o'clock, an hour before the moon would rise, they set 

 out for the lagoons, accompanied by a guide and two sheikh 

 boys carrying rifles. Reaching the foot-hills, the party hid 

 themselves until midnight to await the rising moon and their 

 dangerous game. They had not long to wait, for presently 

 a gigantic beast loomed up against the horizon and came on to- 



