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iron-hard root in the 
dark and would have to 
rest for days. Matari 
and Alimasi Mulai, six 
of the skinners, and ten 
porters left with me. 
By eleven our bull was 
discovered, totally un- 
able to give further sur- 
prises. After leaving us 
he had run at a good 
pace for a few hundred 
yards, then slowed 
down, and his last three 
included many 
stops. Mr. Smet’s first 
shot had hit exactly in 
the middle of the fleshy 
hump. His second, after the bull’s charge, had 
torn through just above the vertebrae, stunning 
him for a moment, but not preventing his last 
dash. ‘Two days afterward, horns, hide, and 
skeleton were on their way to Faradje. 
As an example illustrating their more peace- 
ful disposition the following incident is instruc- 
tive. I was camping for a few days in the veldt 
north of Faradje, not far from a trail near the 
Aka River, where rhinoceroses often crossed 
miles 
the sole of the hindfoot is elongated. 
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
are nail-like, but of peculiar shape. 
BULLETIN 
eastward to the savan- 
nah. The grass shelters 
of my thirty natives 
formed a wide semicircle 
which was closed with 
our workshop. My A- 
tent, just large enough 
to hold a sleeping bag. 
occupied the center. To- 
ward dusk it rained quite 
hard and though in these 
regions one keeps no 
night fires burning, it 
had been cool and some 
of the natives warmed 
themselves before a few 
smoldering brands. 
which were later extin- 
guished by another shower. ‘The stillness after 
the storm had lulled us all to sleep. In the dead 
of night I was suddenly roused.  Instinctively 
I grabbed my pistol and felt for my rifle. What 
was prodding me from the rear of the tent? 
SOLE OF LEFT FRONT AND HIND FOOT 
In these odd-toed Perissodactyls, the middle toe is much enlarged, and 
The hoofs of the white rhinoceros 
Matari’s warning click meant danger. “‘Rhinos 
“be careful.” 
Faithful as ever, he was lying alongside, rifle in 
are in camp,” he whispered, 
hand and ready for any emergency. 
calcaneum (heel) 
astragalus 
navicular 
cuneiform tse 
VG 
wii: 
metatarsal l I 
phalanges 
hoof, I digit flexible sole 
HIND FOOT OF CALF KILLED BY LEOPARDS 
At every step, the bulging, flexible sole is flattened by the tremendous weight of the body. 
The great pad of elastic tissue absorbs all shock like a rubber heel, 
made in the field rhinoceroses walk on tiptoe. 
As shown by this drawing from a cross section 
and gives an easy and secure tread. 
