CHAPTER V. 

 SOME GREAT PACHYDERMS 



Mesoviro, Rhinoceros; Victoria, Rhinoc- 

 eros; Hippo, Hippopotamus. 



SPECIMENS of the African Rhinoceros 

 in captivity are so extremely rare that 

 an impression existed at one time that it was 

 impossible either to obtain them or keep them 

 in confinement. But, as far back as 1868, a 

 two-homed African Rhinoceros was captured 

 in Upper Nubia and sold to the London 

 Zoological Society, England, by Carl Hagen- 

 beck. 



This wonderful specimen attracted an 

 enormous amount of attention at that time 

 because it was believed to be the very first 

 rhinoceros which had been in Europe since 

 the days of the Romans. Consequently, this 

 animal was gazed at, wondered at, discussed 

 in papers and magazines and drew immense 

 crowds from all parts. 



