WITH FLASH-LIGHT AND RIFLE 



the discovery of Rudolf Lake and Stephanie Lake. 

 The flesh of the animals furnished excellent food for 

 the natives of the caravan. Dr. Kolb is said to have 

 killed over one hundred and fifty rhinoceroses, until 

 he, in his turn, was killed by a wounded "pharu." His 

 companion, Mr. von Bartineller, shot over one hundred 

 and forty "pharus." The first commandant of the 

 German fort Moschi, near the Kilimanjaro, Mr. von 

 Eltz, has over sixty rhinoceroses to his credit. English 

 hunters have been equally successful. These numbers 

 prove not only the fact that these animals are still very 

 abundant in these parts, but they also show that the 

 rhinoceros is hunted more extensively now than for- 

 merly and that he, too, is destined to disappear unless 

 preserved in some systematic manner by the concerted 

 action of the colonial governments. 



Hunting the rhinoceros — by one hunter alone and in 

 a sportsman-like manner — is a most dangerous under- 

 taking. It is an idle question to ask which animal is 

 most difficult to hunt — lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant, 

 or rhinoceros? It all depends on circumstances, on 

 time and place. There is no doubt that you take your 

 life .in your hand every time you hunt a rhinoceros. I 

 have often read of hunters simply jumping aside coolly 

 when attacked by an animal, and then laying it low 

 with a well-aimed shot. My own experience has taught 

 me that it is foolish to talk this way. If a rhinoceros 

 actually does charge its enemy, it is the most deter- 



