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caught him far back and high on the stomach. 

 Down went his nose again and he did another 

 little charge, passing about forty yards to my 

 right rear. He went for about 150 yards, 

 stopped, staggered and fell. When I got up to 

 him he was not dead, so I gave him one in the 

 neck, towards the brain, which killed him. The 

 men say he is a very big male, and that his horn 

 is the biggest they have seen. Jama says it 

 measures about two inches more than Wood's 

 best, which was considered very good. Measure- 

 ments — front horn 19 in. long, 21 in. circum- 

 ference ; rear horn 8 J in. long. A much bigger 

 beast than the cow rhino I shot. I believe he 

 would have charged if he had seen me, but I 

 cannot say. If the rhino charges as that one 

 went, with his head right down, then the tales 

 about the difficulty of stopping a rhino charge 

 must be rot. The whole of the upper part of 

 the neck and the spine between the shoulders 

 must be open to a shot, and what better place 

 could you wish for to stop a beast. First bullet 

 six inches behind right shoulder, under skin on 

 opposite shoulder blade, but bone not broken. 

 Second shot, through stomach high up, under 

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