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one of the largest rhinos I think I have ever looked at. 

 He was furious. He pawed the ground and swung his 

 head to and fro. I knew he was going to charge. 



"A rhino doesn't wait around and think things 

 over the way an elephant does. His temper is too 

 short. Almost before I could jump for a tree this 

 fellow started for me. Luckily I found a low branch 

 before he reached me. I climbed as high as I could 

 and sat quietly but quaking. After a lot of pawing 

 around and snorting the old scoundrel finally decided 

 he was outwitted and left. 



"I never did get along with rhinos the whole time 

 we were out there, ' ' she goes on to say. ' * Somehow I 

 was always getting mixed up with one. And they are 

 such irritable ill-mannered beasts that I dislike them 

 as much as they seem to dislike me. 



"One day I had been out with Martin after elephant 

 films. We had had an unusually good day. We 

 were returning to our camp outside the forest which 

 held our village. We had just come out into the open 

 from some brush when an elephant turned up. 



" 'You go on, Osa,' said Martin. ' I'll see if I can't 

 get a picture or two." 



"As the animal was off the trail it looked as if I 

 could pass him unnoticed. 



"I took another trail to be on the safe side. Martin 

 circled around and in about fifteen minutes came 

 over toward me. He roused a rhino on the way. I 



