THE RHINOCEROS 



For this reason, as regards the question of good roads, 

 he combines the excellent qualities of Public Senti- 

 ment, the Steam Roller, and the Expert Engineer. 

 Through thorn thickets impenetrable to anything 

 less armoured than a dreadnaught like himself he 

 clears excellent paths. Down and out of eroded 

 ravines with perpendicular sides he makes excellent 

 wide trails, tramped hard, on easy grades, often with 

 zigzags to ease the slant. In some of the high coun- 

 try where the torrential rains wash hundreds of such 

 gullies across the line of march it is hardly an exag- 

 geration to say that travel would be practically 

 impossible without the rhino trails wherewith to 

 cross. Sometimes the perpendicular banks will ex- 

 tend for miles without offering any natural break 

 down to the stream-bed. Since this is so I respect- 

 fully submit to Government the following proposal: 



(a) That a limited number of these beasts shall be 

 licensed as Trail Rhinos; and that all the rest shall 

 be killed from the settled and regularly travelled 

 districts. 



(b) That these Trail Rhinos shall be suitably 

 hobbled by short steel chains. 



(c) That each Trail Rhino shall carry painted con- 

 spicuously on his side his serial number, 



(d) That as a further precaution for public safety 

 ^^ch Tr^il RhinP ?hall carry firmly attached to \\\^ 



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