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very close quarters, matters became lively enough till 

 another shot dropped the bull with a broken hind-leg. 



The cow-rhino meanwhile made a determined dash 

 as though to get round under our wind, circling back on 

 the left at a ponderous gallop, and hidden by intervening 

 bush and clumps of tall grass. She, however, gave the 

 situation away by her snorting and the crashing of brush- 

 wood. Kunning in that direction, I got a momentary 

 glimpse of her between two tall grass-clumps, looking 



' THOROUGHLY NASTY. 



thoroughly nasty, with head carried high and tail stand- 

 ing erect. So threatening appeared this rush that {as 

 she was already within short distance of the wind) it 

 was necessary to take some risks, and at the next opening 

 in the bush I gave her a quick shot which fortunately 

 sent her headlong to earth. The •450-solid struck the 

 top of the shoulder, smashing the spine, and she dropped 

 in an upright position. The two rhinos lay dead within 

 some eighty yards of each other. 



The third rhino, which, though nearly full-grown, 

 was probably the produce of this pair, showed up outside 



