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ning to form, and with even fewer manners than their 

 parents. The mere fact of an 800-pound baby does 

 not cease to be curious. They are truculent little 

 creatures, and sometimes rather hard to avoid v/hen 

 they get on the warpath. Generally, as far as my 

 observation goes, the mother gives birth to but one 

 at a time. There may be occasional twin births, 

 but I happen never to have met so interesting a 

 family. 



Rhinoceroses are still very numerous — too numer- 

 ous. I have seen as many as fourteen in two hours, 

 and probably could have found as many more if I had 

 been searching for them. There is no doubt, how- 

 ever, that this species must be the first to disappear 

 of the larger African animals. His great size com- 

 bined with his 'orrid 'abits mark him for early de- 

 struction. No such dangerous lunatic can be allowed 

 at large in a settled country, nor in a country where 

 men are travelling constantly. The species will 

 probably be preserved in appropriate restricted 

 areas. It would be a great pity to have so perfect 

 an example of the Prehistoric Pinhead wiped out 

 completely. Elsewhere he will diminish, and finally 

 disappear. 



For one thing, and for one thing only, is the travel- 

 ler indebted to the rhinoceros. The beast is lazy, 

 large, and has an excellent eye for easy ways through. 



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