THE TWO-HORNED RHINOCEROS 123 



It' is a great deal a matter of luck. R. sumatrensis 

 lives in the hills, far from the haunts of man. 

 They are great wanderers, and places which at 

 certain times of the year are a sure find for 

 rhino, will at other seasons be absolutely barren. 

 From all accounts, if one can only strike 

 their immediate locality, one may meet with 

 quite a number, comparatively speaking, of 

 these antediluvian beasts within a radius of 

 a few miles. Mr. Thorn, of the Burma Police, 

 whose book is mentioned in my preface, saw 

 three in one day in the Ruby Mines district, and 

 accounted for two, having shot a rhino a few 

 days previously on the same range of hills. 

 With accurate information as to where to go, 

 with good trackers, and with plenty of time at 

 one's disposal, say a couple of months, one 

 ought to make certain of bagging a rhino in 

 Burma. The two most likely localities are the 

 Ruby Mines district and the Shan States ; but, 

 certainly in the latter country, one would have to 

 go a very long way, involving a journey of several 

 weeks' duration from the time of leaving Toungyi 

 — the head quarters of the Southern Shan States. 

 Success, supposing one to have been fortunate in 

 securing good trackers (not always a certainty), 

 would then depend almost entirely on the 

 accuracy of the information one had obtained 

 beforehand; not necessarily as to the exact 

 whereabouts of the animals, but of the locality 



k2 



