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IN AFRICA 



be had in Africa. The conscience of one who slays 

 a rhino is somewhat appeased by the fact that a 

 hundred native porters will have a good square 

 meal of wholesome meat to help build up their sys- 

 tems. 



Our expedition sustained only one real rhino 

 charge. One day Mr. Stephenson stumbled on a 

 big cow rhino that was lying in the grass. The 



A Real Rhino Charge 



meeting was as unexpected to him as to her, and 

 before he could count five she was rushing headlong 

 toward him. He clapped his hands, whistled, and 

 shouted to turn her course, but she came on, snort- 

 ing loudly and with head ready to impale every- 

 thing in its way. Stephenson did not want to kill 

 her, neither did he desire to be killed, so when all 

 other means had failed he fired a soft nose bullet 

 into her shoulder in the hope that it would turn her 



