WILD LIFE ACROSS THE WORLD 



His first act then was to knock down an ant-hill which 

 seemed to annoy him, and after venting his wrath on 

 that he was ready to face us once more. 



I sent my assistant to a small thorn tree on the 

 south side, taking up my own position opposite. 

 Hardly had I done so when the rhino caught sight of 

 my assistant's camera and charged. His carrier-boy 

 gave a fearsome yell and was up the tree long before 

 the white man, but, luckily for the latter, the rhino 

 paused to smash up the apparatus, otherwise I should 

 have got a moving picture of my assistant being tossed, 

 a picture which in all probability he himself would 

 never have lived to see on the screen. 



Means saved the situation by dashing in just as 

 the great brute had finished with the tripod and 

 inducing liim to chase the horse. In an instant my 

 unfortunate assistant seemed to be forgotten, and 

 the animal was in pursuit of Means 



The beginning of that fight was typical of the 

 whole. If the men and horses were good, the rhino 

 was splendid. He was game right through, and despite 

 their wonderful skill, the cow-boys had their work cut 

 out. They lassoed him time after time, throwing 

 their nooses over him with uncanny accuracy ; yet 

 he would either tow man and horse away across the 

 veldt or the rope would break. I do not know how 

 many broken lines were dangling from him when at 

 the end of some four and a half hours he began to 



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