CHAPTER VIII 



ATTACKED BY RHINOS 



X TATURALLY there were some serious adventures 

 ^ ^ with the wild animals we met. No circular 

 letter had reached the game to say that we were not 

 out to harm them. We were not aggressive, but we 

 were bold. And in our constant intrusions we often 

 took chances. 



There were almost no tragedies, though we had 

 many narrow escapes. There was the case of 

 Rattray who was badly mauled by a leopard when 

 helping Osa. 



In view of what happened later, it was strange that 

 about this time Saunderson, my young assistant, got 

 word that two of his friends had been killed by a 

 rhino. It seemed that a young lady was staying 

 with friends near Nanyuki. She went out with a 

 Meru boy armed with a .303 Army rifle. The pair 

 came on a rhino which charged and killed her despite 

 the fact that she bravely fired six shots into it. 



About the same time a settler and his wife were 

 returning from Meru in a Ford. They saw the same 

 wounded rhino on the road. Unluckily the gun was 

 lashed to the seat. While the wife was untying it her 



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