BEHEMOTH AND THE UNICORN. 597 
length. The kobaoba is the rarer of the two, and it is found 
very far in the interior, chiefly to the eastward of the 
Limpopo. Its horns are very valuable for loading rods, 
supplying a substance at once suitable for a sporting imple- 
ment and excellent for the purpose. Both these varieties of 
rhinoceros attain an enormous size, being the animals next 
in magnitude to the elephant. They feed solely on grass, 
carry much fat, and their flesh is excellent, being preferable 
to beef. They are of a much milder and more inoffensive 
disposition than the black rhinoceros, rarely charging their 
pursuer. Their speed is very inferior to that of the other 
varieties, and a person well mounted can overtake and shoot 
them. The head of these is a foot longer than that of the 
borélé.. They generally carry their heads low, whereas the 
borélé, when disturbed, carries his very high, which imparts 
to him a saucy and independent air. Unlike the elephants, 
they never associate in herds, but are met with singly or in 
pairs. In districts where they are abundant, from three to 
six may be found ijn company, and I once saw upward of a 
dozen congregated together on some young grass, but such 
an occurrence is rare. 
Here, too, is his first introduction to the unicorn. 
Shortly after this I found myself on the banks of the 
stream beside which my wagons were outspanned. Follow- 
ing along its margin, I presently beheld a bull of the borélé, 
or black rhinoceros, standing within a hundred yards of me. 
Dismounting from my horse, I secured him to a tree, and 
then stalked within twenty yards of the huge beast, under 
cover of a large, strong bush. Borélé, hearing me advance, 
came on to see what it was, and suddenly protruded his 
horny nose within twenty yards of me. Knowing well that 
a front shot would not prove deadly, I sprang to my feet 
and ran behind the bush. Upon this the villain charged, 
blowing loudly, and chased me round the bush. Had his 
activity been equal to his ugliness, my wanderings would 
