214 THE KEITLOA, OR SLOAN’S RHINOCEROS. 
When wounded, the Black Rhinoceros is a truly fearful opponent, and it is 
generally considered very unsafe to fire at the animal unless the hunter be 
mounted on a good horse or provided with an accessible place of refuge. An 
old experienced hunter said that he would rather face fifty lions than one 
wounded Borele ; but Mr. Oswell, the well-known African sportsman, always 
preferred to shoot the Rhinoceros on foot. The best place to aim is just behind 
the shoulder, as if the lungs are wounded the animal very soon dies. There is 
but little blood externally, as the thick loose skin covers the bullet-hole, and 
prevents any outward effusion. When mortally wounded the Rhinoceros 
generally drops on its knees. RS 
THE KEITLOA can readily be recognized by the horns, which are of consider- 
able length, and nearly equal to each other in measurement. This is always 
a morose and ill-tempered animal, and is even more to be dreaded than the 
borele, on account of its greater size, strength, and length of horn. The 
upper lip of the Keitloa overlaps the lower even more than that of the borele ; 
the neck is longer in proportion, and the head is not so thickly covered with 
wrinkles. At its birth the horns of this animal are only indicated by a 
prominence on the nose, and at the age of two years the horn is hardly more 
than an inch in length. At six years of age it is nine or ten inches long, 
and does not reach its full measurement until the lapse of considerable time, 
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KEITLOA, OR SLOAN’S RHINOCEROS.—(Rhinoceros Keitloa.) 
THE common WHITE RHINOCEROS (Rhinoceros Simus) is considerably 
larger than the two preceding animals, and, together with the kobaoba, or 
long-horned white Rhinoceros, is remarkable for its square muzzle and elon- 
gated head. The foremost horn of this animal is of very considerable length, 
attaining a measurement of more than three feet when fully grown. The 
second horn is short and conical, like that of the borele, 
