xv UNSUCCESSFUL RHINO HUNTS 173 
killed a rhino. On walking up to it, however, 
the brute rose to its feet and literally fell on him, 
breaking four ribs and his right arm. Not content 
with this, it then stuck its horn through his thigh 
and tossed him over its back, repeating this operation 
once or twice. Finally, it lumbered off, leaving 
poor Eastwood helpless and fainting in the long grass 
where he had fallen. He was alone at the time, 
and it was not for some hours that he was found 
by his porters, who were only attracted to the spot 
by the numbers of vultures hovering about, waiting 
in their ghoulish manner for life to be extinct 
before beginning their meal. How he managed 
to live for the eight days after this which elapsed 
before a doctor could be got to him I cannot 
imagine; but in the end he fortunately made a 
good recovery, the only sign of his terrible 
experience being the absence of his right arm, 
which had to be amputated. 
