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game on the plains and Mrs. Bailey, with another 

 bearer and a second native, decided to climb Suswa. 

 She foimd no sign of reedbuck and set out to return to 

 camp. 



On the way home she discovered fresh tracks of 

 rhino and suddenly came upon two of the animals 

 lying down under a tree in more or less open ground. 

 She hurried to camp and brought her husband's 

 double .470 rifle and the natives back to the spot. 

 When she arrived she found that the two animals 

 had changed their position and were resting imder a 

 thick bush. 



Mrs. Bailey crept slowly forward imtil she was 

 well within forty yards. The rhinos were in such a 

 position that one was practically covering the out- 

 line of its companion, and she supposed they were an 

 old rhino and a full-grown youngster. The latter 

 was nearest to her and she fired at the rhino on the 

 farther side, choosing as a mark an exposed shoulder 

 to get a heart shot. 



The next thing she knew was that they both rose to 

 their feet and rushed through the bush at her, 

 charging side by side. Mrs. Bailey's one and only 

 thought was that the end of her life had arrived, and 

 she had no time to turn about or fire a second time. 



One of the animals caught her with its horn on her 

 side; the horn travelled right up her body and tore 

 away the whole of the scalp on that side. She was 

 thrown high into the air among the trees, and when 

 she came down the rhino trod upon her as she lay on 

 the ground. 



Both native giui-bearers stood the strain well. 



