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INDIAN RHINOCEROS. 



that it once occupied. To-day, the Englishmen of Africa are 

 earnestly endeavoring to regulate and abate the slaughter 

 of African big game, and beyond doubt safe, good results 

 in that line are being accomplished. It is to be hoped that 

 the protection lines will now be drawn so tightly around 

 the game that remains that it will be perpetuated for cen- 

 turies to come. 



The Indian Rhinoceros, {Rhinoceros unicornis). — A full- 

 grown Indian Rhinoceros is one of the most wonderful of all 

 living animals. It seems like a prehistoric monster, belong- 

 ing to the days of the dinosaurs, rather than a creature of 

 to-day ; and the killing of so grand a creature solely for the 

 sake of ' ' sport, ' ' and a stuffed head to hang upon a wall, is 

 murder, no less. It is quite time that the most wonderful 

 works of animated Nature should universally be recognized 

 as safe from attack with the rifle and knife. 



So pronounced is the rarity of the great Indian Rhinoceros, 

 it is a fact that for nearly fifteen years no living specimens 

 came into the wild-animal market. At last, however, the per- 

 sistence and industry of the renowned Carl Hagenbeck was 

 rewarded by the capture, in 1906, of four young specimens, 

 all of which reached Hamburg in May, 1907. One of the 

 best specimens of the quartette was purchased for the New 

 York Zoological Park, and is now living in the Park in the 

 quarters prepared for him at the Elephant House. 



