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FIRST EXPEDITION TO EAST AFRICA 93 



Among the gazelles there is no chivalry of this 

 kind. On two occasions I wounded Thomsonii 

 gazelles, one of which appeared to have excep- 

 tionally fine horns, and, as I was following them 

 up, they were attacked by rival bucks. Being 

 unable in their wounded state to face the attack, 

 they sought refuge in precipitate flight, and were 

 savagely pursued by their assailants, until they 

 disappeared from sight in the distance. In each 

 case the attacking buck apparently intended to 

 kill his antagonist. 



I shot the two rhinoceroses which I was 

 permitted to shoot by the conditions of my game 

 licence. The first was shot in company with 

 Judd, on the 24th of February, when we were 

 in camp near the Aberdare Mountains. It was a 

 cow with small horns, but the amount of lead 

 that animal carried before it fell was amazing. 

 The cow was accompanied by a young one nearly 

 full-grown, which had a better horn than its 

 mother, but was not such a large animal. We 

 saw them on one evening through the glasses, 

 at a great distance, cantering along, and evidently 

 making for the wallow in which we eventually 

 found them. By hard walking we managed to 

 come up with them before dark, and approached 

 within 50 yards of them. As the wind was 

 favourable I fired at the cow and hit her exactly 

 in the place at which I aimed, but it was not 

 the right place. It is not difficult to kill a rhino, 

 if you know where to place your bullet, but some 

 experience and some knowledge of the animal's 

 anatomy are necessary to show you where to 

 shoot. On receiving the shot the cow stood 



