258 BIG GAME SHOOTING 
Rhinoceroses (2. dicornis) are exclusively bush-feeders. 
The various species of mimosa form their favourite and prin- 
cipal food. During the day, from about 9 a.m. till about 5 P.M., 
they rest and sleep, and are then generally found in the 
open, though I have come across them quite unexpectedly in 
thick bush, enjoying their midday siesta, even though an open 
plain was close by. About 5 p.m. they begin to wend their 
way in the direction of their drinking place, feeding here and 
there as they go on any tempting-looking mimosa bush, but 
they do not drink until after sundown. They then make for 
their feeding grounds, browse throughout the night, drink 
again just before sunrise, often have a roll in a mud-hole, and 
then make their way to the place where they intend to lie up 
for the day. It is when on their way to or on their arrival at 
their quarters for the day that the sportsman will generally see 
them. 
Should a rhinoceros be found standing in open country 
where there is but little covert, and should it be accompanied 
by birds, which are easily seen with the aid of binoculars, 
the sportsman should wait at a distance until it lies down 
before beginning to crawl in. He will then have to stalk 
the birds rather than the rhinoceros. ‘This reminds me of 
an incident which occurred to me before I had had much 
experience with these beasts, when I stalked a rhino un- 
attended by birds, and got up to it rather closer than I should 
otherwise have done, but was betrayed at the last moment by 
the sudden appearance of birds. This happened in December 
1886, when encamped on the river Lumi, one march above 
Taveta to the east of Kilimanjaro, in a delightful spot, which is 
now known as ‘ Kampi ya Simba’ (lion camp) from my having 
shot two lions there. On the 29th I went out, and was making 
for the foot of the mountain when I saw two rhinos under 
a tree about a mile and a half off. I was on my way to 
circumvent them when another one, which I had not seen, 
appeared from the left, and walked across my front, about 300 
yards off. By the length and thinness of its front horn I knew 
