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the vehicle from beliind ; for if he had struck it at the side he 

 could hardly have failed to upset it, ponderous as it was. From 

 the waggon he made a rush at the fire, overturning the pot we 

 had placed alongside of it, and scattering the burning brands in 

 every direction. Then, without doing any further damage, he 

 proceeded on his wild career." 



Ceratotlierium. — The Flat-lipped or White Rhinoceros (so called 

 from its general pale colour) is a very different animal from those 

 of which we have been treating. It grows to more than six feet 

 and a half high at the withers, where there is a sort of square 

 hump, and its head is a foot longer than in the Keitloa, with an 

 exceedingljr long anterior horn, attaining to more than four feet 

 in length, whilst the hind horn is very short, not exceeding 

 seven or eight inches. "Its colour," remarks Mr. Chapman, 

 " is of such a light neutral grey, as to look nearly as white 

 as the canvas tilt of a waggon." His feUow-traveller, Mr. 

 Baines, describing a freshly-killed one, tells us that " the skin 

 was of a light pinky grey, deepening into a bluish neutral tint 

 on parts of the head, neck, and legs. The limbs, shoulders, cheeks, 

 and neck were marked with deep wrinkles, crossing each other so 

 as to have a lozenge-shaped reticulated appearance ; but the only 

 approach to a fold was a slight collar-like mark across the throat. 

 The mouth was very small, and the limbs were dwarfish compared 

 with the bulk of the carcass. The ej^es were small and set flat 

 on the side of the head, with no prominence of brow, and in such 

 a position that I should doubt very much the assertion that the 

 Rhinoceros can see only what is straight before it. I should 

 think, on the contrary," continues Mr. Baines, "that anything 

 exactly La front would be absolutely hidden from its view." Mr. 

 Chapman estimated the weight of one of these White Rhinoceroses 

 as being probably not less than 5000 lbs. 



" The male," he says, " measures six feet eight inches at the 

 withers, carries his head so low that the chin nearly sweeps the 

 ground, is constantly swaying his head to the right and left 

 when suspicious, and its calf, instead of going behind or at the 

 side, always precedes the dam, and when fleeing is helped on by 

 her horn or snout. The back of this animal is tolerably straight, 

 the croup being as high, or even higher, than the withers. It 

 moves each ear alternately backwards and forwards when excited, 



