THE KEITLOA. 4-9 



presents altogether a picture of the most intense and earnest scrutiny 

 and attention, wheeling round with great rapidity, and by his active 

 gestures and startling snorts often rendering the nerves of the inexpe- 

 rienced hunter very unsteady. On the whole his actions are those of a 

 lively pig." This Rhinoceros extends as far north as Abyssinia, where 

 it was seen by the traveler Bruce. In that country it is pursued and 

 killed by the agagcer or Sword-hunters. Two men ride on the same 

 horse. One dressed, and armed with javelins ; the other naked, with 

 nothing but a long sword in his hand. The first sits on the saddle, the 

 second rides behind him on the horse's rump. Directly they have got 

 on the track of the quarry, they start off in pursuit of it, taking care to 

 keep at a great distance from the Rhinoceros when it plunges into the 

 thickets, but the moment it arrives in an open spot they pass it, and 

 place themselves opposite to it. The animal, in a rage, hesitates for a 

 moment, then rushes furiously upon the horse and its riders. These 

 avoid the assault by a quick movement to the right or the left, and the 

 man who carries the long sword lets himself slide off on to the ground 

 without being perceived by the Rhinoceros, which takes notice only of 

 the horse. Then the courageous hunter, with one blow of his formidable 

 sabre, cuts through the tendon of the ham or hock of one of the mon- 

 ster's hind legs, which causes it to fall to the ground, when it is dispatched 

 with arrows and the sword. 



THE KEITLOA. 



The Keitloa, Rhinoceros Kcitloa, is distinguished from the Borele by 

 having horns of nearly equal length. The hind horn, which is straight, 

 grows to two feet and a half or more in length, being often as long as the 

 anterior horn, although as a rule the latter is the longer. The upper-lip 

 is very pendulous, the neck is somewhat long, the head is not thickly 

 covered with wrinkles. At its birth the horns are only indicated by a 

 prominence on the nose, and at six years of age are only nine inches 

 long. The Keitloa is a terribly dangerous opponent, and its charge is so 

 wonderfully swift that it can hardly be avoided. One of these animals 

 that had been wounded by Mr. Andersson, charged suddenly upon him, 

 knocked him down, fortunately missing her stroke with her horns, and 

 went fairly over him, leaving him to struggle out from between 

 her hind legs. Scarcely had she passed than she turned and made a 



