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AN INFURIATED RHINO 



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happened, I was alone on this occasion, Mahina 

 having been left behind in camp. About two miles 

 away on my left, I noticed a dark-looking object, 

 and thinking it was an ostrich I started off towards 

 it. Very soon, however, I found that it was bigger 

 game than an ostrich, and on getting still nearer 



"ANOTHER GANG DROPS THE RAILS IN THEIR PLACES." 



made out the form of a great rhinoceros lying down. 

 I continued to advance very cautiously, wriggling 

 through the short grass until at length I got within 

 fifty yards of where the huge beast was resting. 

 Here I lay and watched him ; but after some little 

 time he evidently suspected my presence, for rising 

 to his feet, he looked straight in my direction and 



