88 WILD ANIMAL CELEBRITIES 



One of the most interesting rhinoceroses 

 in captivity, partly on account of his extreme 

 youth, and partly because of his manifold ad- 

 ventures before and after his capture, is 

 Mesoviro, the baby rhinoceros in the New 

 York Zoological Park. His captors gave him 

 this African name which means "One who is 

 found by the way." Mesoviro was certainly 

 "found by the way," and the story of his cap- 

 ture is quite exciting. 



An Austrian, named Fleisher, went hunting 

 with a small party southeast of the Lake Vic- 

 toria Nyanza last July and one day saw a 

 female rhinoceros with a very young calf. 

 Fleisher had a very small party of natives 

 with him and was not by any means well 

 equipped, but he determined to get the little 

 rhino calf if he died in the attempt. He knew 

 full well what an extremely valuable animal 

 it would be if he could only get it to the 

 coast. 



But the African natives are terribly afraid 

 of the rhinoceros and when they saw the Aus- 

 trian actually pursuing the rhinoceros and 



