THE GREAT HERBIVORES 167 
ally both I and my unruly friend the rhinoceros got tired, and 
gradually the formidable creature recovered her senses and 
became quiet. But our troubles were not yet at an end; there 
remained the still more difficult task of getting the animal out 
of the van. The stable opened on to the street, so that we 
were able to back the van up to the door. The animal had to 
come out of the cart backwards, but this was a proceeding it 
highly objected to, and the obstinate brute refused to budge an 
inch. Eventually we fastened cords round each of her hind- 
legs, and then drew the cords through a ring fastened to the 
wall of the stable, the same thing being done with the halter- 
rope and with the ropes attached to the forelegs, so that we 
now had the animal to some extent in our power. As we 
were hauling the brute out of the van, however, she fell once 
more into a furious rage, and hurled herself against its sides. 
She was, moreover, further maddened by the excitement of 
the crowd which had collected around the stable to witness 
so unusual a scene. Then J went round to the front of the 
van and vigorously belaboured the rhinoceros with a cudgel ; 
this had the desired effect, and we were at last able to get the 
rebellious monster into the stable. This was the last time I 
ever transported a rhinoceros in such a manner. I had had 
enough of the experiment. For the journey to Hamburg | 
caused an immense cage to be constructed, in which the 
animal was not nearly so troublesome. This incident will 
show the reader what sort of difficulties we have to encounter 
when transporting wild beasts. The adventure might have 
had a very serious termination. 
Besides the common Indian rhinoceros and the African 
rhinoceros, Ahinoceros bicornis, | received towards the end 
of the seventies the genuine Javan rhinoceros, Ahznoceros 
sondaticus. In addition, on four different occasions the black 
Sumatran rhinoceros came into my possession, although with 
this latter animal I have always had very bad luck, for all 
the five specimens which I purchased died of enteritis. Un- 
like the Indian rhinoceros, which is always captured young— 
