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and the ears, when thrown forward, turn as if on a pivot, so 

 as to bring the orifice innermost. In the other African Rhino- 

 ceroses the two ears are moved together, and not alternately. The 

 ears are pointed or tufted." 



This animal is of a comparatively mild and gentle disposition ; 

 and, unless in defence of its young, or when hotly pursued, or 

 wounded, will very rarely attack a man. " It is gregarious in 

 families," remarks Mr. Chapman, " the individuals comprising 

 which are greatly attached to each other ; and it utters a long 

 soimd, and not such a startling, whistling snort as the Borele 

 does. It is an indolent creature, and becomes exceedingly fat by 

 eating grass only." Elsewhere, he remarks of a herd of eight 

 which he observed at a drinking place — "The Rhinoceroses, all 

 of which were of the white kind, occupied each twelve minutes to 

 drink their fill, after which thej^ wallow in the mud, or else go to 

 their regular sleeping-places. At these their dung is found ac- 

 cumulated sometimes to the amount of a ton or more. They like 

 the warmth of the manure to lie in. The sounds emitted bj'' these 

 animals is something like the coughing of a Horse, and when in 

 distress, a stifled asthmatic cry; when in jsain they squeal like a 

 storm-Avhistle." According to Gordon Cumming, and others, 

 their flesh is excellent, and even preferable to beef. The speed of 

 this species is very inferior to that of the others, so that a person 

 well mounted can easily overtake and shoot them. 



In old individuals of the White Rhinoceroses, having exceedingly 

 long and heavy anterior horns, the latter hang over much 

 forward ; and such have been supposed to exemplify a peculiar 

 species, for which the name of C. Osicellii has been proposed. 

 They are also designated Kobdhu in the interior of South Africa. 

 Mr. Chapman writes : — " I believe that wherever guns are to be 

 found at present, the ^VTiite Rhinoceros is not allowed to reach 

 its prime, and will soon be extinct. In newly-opened countries 

 we always find long-horned Rhinoceroses at first. These are 

 selected and shot by eveiy new comer for their long horns. I 

 have never found a person yet who could conscientiously say that 

 he had seen a young or middle-aged Eobdbd that was distinguished 

 from a Mohogu — not even a Bechuana or Bushman." That 

 traveller, however, nevertheless believes in the existence of a 

 second species of flat-lipped and grass-eating African Rhinoceros, 



