WITH FLASH-LIGHT AND RIFLE 



quietly as possible, and change their resting - places, 

 which look like big bowls sunk into the ground. If we 

 approach them with a favorable wind, "up wind," 

 then we may meet with great surprises and encounters, 

 which may prove fatal, espec'ally if we chance to sud- 

 denly come upon several animals. Even the Wan- 

 dorobbos and Wakamba do not like to hunt the rhi- 

 noceros in these "buenretiros." I must confess that I, 

 too, am not eager to repeat the experiences I had in 

 that mountain wilderness. The very thought of many 

 narrow escapes I had makes my flesh creep. Sports- 

 man-like hunting, which consists in doing one's own 

 shooting and in sparing the females and the young ones, 

 is out of place there, because it would be simply suicidal. 

 Any hunter there is very glad to be "assisted" by na- 

 tives, and does not hesitate to shoot down, indiscrimi- 

 nately, young and old animals, males and females, in 

 mere self-defence. Common shooting, howe\'cr, with- 

 out some prearranged method, is as dangerous as hunt- 

 ing alone. The far-off mountains of East Africa w^ill 

 furnish a fairly safe retreat to the rhinoceros for many 

 years to come. It is to be hoped that the colonial 

 governments of England and Germany will prevent 

 the European trader, driven by the "commercial spirit" 

 of our age, from organizing hunting expeditions. 



Hunting the rhinoceros is dangerous enough in itself, 

 and it brought me many times into "close touch," and 

 almost contact, with the animal; but to try, in addition, 



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