The White Rhinoceros 6j 



horn, i foot 7 inches ; of posterior horn, 7 inches ; length from base of 

 front horn to tail, 14 feet 6 inches. 



In 1873 I made a note that I had seen a great many black rhinoceroses 

 and one of the square-mouthed species scrambling with great activity up 

 and down steep stony hills. 



This latter animal must, however, have gone astray, as he was the only 

 one of his kind that I ever saw in this kind of ground. 



As these animals feed entirely upon grass, open valleys or open forest 

 country with good pasturage amongst the trees, as in Mashunaland, were 

 necessary to their existence, and although they used to be plentiful right up 

 to the edge of the hilly country that extends from the Victoria Falls to 

 the junction of the Gwai and Tchangani Rivers, the beast I have spoken of 

 above was the only one that I ever saw amongst the broken country. Like 

 all rhinoceroses the square-mouthed species was an inquisitive animal. I 

 remember one coming to my camp one night evidently attracted by the 

 fire. We saw it approaching some distance away, as the moon, which was 

 in its first quarter, had not yet set. It came on very slowly until it was 

 within 20 yards of our camp fire, and I could see plainly that it belonged 

 to the square-mouthed species. One of my Kafirs then threw a fire stump 

 at it, which struck the ground just in front of its nose. It at once halted, 

 giving a kind of sniff or snort at the smouldering wood. A second bit of 

 wood burning at one end hit the beast fair on the snout, sending a spray 

 of sparks over it. This seemed to alarm it, for it at once wheeled round 

 and trotted off. p Q Selous> 



Holmwood's Rhinoceros {Rhinoceros holmwoodi) 



The so-called Holmwood's rhinoceros, although it has been classed by 

 scientists, can scarcely be accepted as a true species. It has been mainly 

 created from a number of fine, slender single horns, collected by the late 



