774 JOURNAL , BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXIII. 



They may also feed on bamboos, but in their feeding places there is not the 

 same amount of broken down vegetation as there is where an Elephant has 

 been feeding. 



On January 7th, two Gurkhas and I who had been doing a lot of hunting 

 in the district, although not previously succeeding in finding any fresh 

 Rhino tracks, came upon some that were evidently more recent than any 

 thing else we had seen. We followed them for a few miles going slowly as 

 in several places we came to where the animal had evidently been feeding as 

 the tracks would circle about and cross themselves in every direction. 

 Towards evening, as we were about five miles from camp, I decided to camp 

 where we were for the night and follow on again next morning, half hoping 

 that something would turn up during the night, as besides Ehino we had 

 noticed tracks of Elephant, Sambur and Pig. It must have been well 

 after twelve, as the moon which was very small had almost set and we 

 had turned in having given up hopes of seeing anything that night, when 

 we were awakened by a series of loud snorts which we at once guessed must 

 be from a Rhino, that sounded quite close, although when first heard they 

 were probably over a hundred yards off. The animal must have scented us or 

 been suspicious of something from the very first, though as there was no wind 

 it was quite unable to locate us. If it had done so it might have made straight 

 oft", instead of which it began making a series of short rushes, crashing into 

 trees and altering its direction so often that it was difficult to tell if it was 

 gradually coming our way or not ; between each rush it would become quite 

 silent for several minutes, probably listening, and then start off in some 

 new direction, at one time we were able to locate it exactly, as the 

 path a short distance away was partly under water and we heard the 

 splashing as it crossed this spot, but although so close there was so 

 little light that we were unable to see anything and for a short time 

 it apparently increased its distance from us. It is astonishing how quietly 

 even a Ehino can move when it chooses, as at last without any warning 

 it suddenly crashed out of a bush almost on top of us. As the moon had 

 almost set it was impossible to see the sights of my rifle so I was de- 

 pending on a shot gun loaded with lethal bullet and dropped him at 7 paces 

 with a lucky shot in the head, which smashed through the zygomatic 

 arch and into the skull, the bullet being afterwards found inside the brain 

 in about a dozen pieces, several of the circular steel discs used in the cons- 

 truction of the bullet having entirely detached themselves from the lead 

 covering. 



Several hours later when we had turned in for the second time we were 

 awakened in exactly the same manner by a second Rhino, the snorts how- 

 ever coming this time from, another direction, the moon had been down for 

 some time and it was impossible to see a yard. This animal did not rush 

 about like the first one but came along the track and had just crossed that 

 part which was under water, when it must have either seen some miovement or 

 scented the dead Rhino, as it turned suddenly without the slightest 

 warning and bolted, crashing through branches and hitting its feet 

 against stones and tree trunks as it went, making as much noise as an Ele- 

 phant, and on getting about a hundred yards away, it started squealing in 

 a most extraordinary manner, the noise very much resembling that made by 

 a dog caught in a trap. 



The next day we found a 'wallow' a few hundred yards off which the 

 tracks we had been following evidently led to. 



The meat was most excellent, very like beef and remarkably tender, 

 and not at all coarse or stringy like that of a sambur or a bison. 



G. 0. SHORTRIDGE. 

 Rangoon, 1914. 



