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fell where they stood ; the female, whom I had partly paralysed 

 by a shot in the spine, would not give in for a long time, but 

 lay down like a dog, and, whirling round and round with 

 cries such as we had never heard before, rather like those 

 of a pig being killed, she made it impossible to get an aim at 

 any part but her forehead, which was of course invulnerable. 

 At last, by a sudden spring sideways, I managed to give her a 

 death-blow in the shoulder. The next morning we started in 

 different directions to have a look round, the Count to examine 



AN UNLUCKY PAIR OF RHINOCEROSES. 



the district more closely with a view to hunting, whilst I went 

 to the hills near by to take some cartographical observations. 

 From the loftiest peak of the group I got a view on the south 

 which was unique of its kind. It was not the scenery itself which 

 astonished me, but the number and variety of the animals 

 giving life to it, for in the flat districts overgrown with steppe 

 grass or gleaming silvery leleshwa bushes stretching away on 

 either side of the river, roamed such countless herds of animals 

 as I had never dreamt of seeing anywhere. I counted eight 



