134 TWO DIANAS IN SOMALILAND 



After the epidermis is removed, the hide, when 

 polished, comes up like clouded amber, and makes 

 the most exquisite top for a table, of which the four 

 feet form the base. In my worry at the time I neg- 

 lected to measure the rhinoceros as he lay, but in any 

 case we were quite unable to move him. I afterwards 

 took the dimensions of the horns, and the length of 

 the anterior was sixteen inches, the posterior being at 

 seven. I could not settle in that camp again, nor hunt 

 with any happiness. As soon as Cecily was well 

 enough to trek we struck camp, and held on in the 

 direction of Galadi, wherever that might be. 



