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IN AFRICA 



We fed our little pet rhino on milk and then 

 swung it in a comfortable hammock made of zebra 

 skin. In this more or less undignified fashion it was 

 carried by eight strong porters to Fort Hall, two 

 marches away, where it lived only a week or ten days 

 and then, to our sorrow and regret, succumbed from 

 lack of proper nourishment. 



Sometimes, when the safari is marching through 



Retiring in Favor of Rhino 



bush country, the rhino becomes an element of con- 

 siderable anxiety. An armed party must precede 

 the caravan and clear the route of rhinos, otherwise 

 the porters are likely to be scattered by threatened 

 charges. It is no uncommon sight to see a crowd of 

 heavily laden porters drop their loads and shin up 

 the nearest tree in record time. Consequently, 

 strong protective measures are always demanded 

 when a long train of unarmed natives is moving 



