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to iiave a ftore of rhinoceros-blood. The 
animal had loft a great deal his wounds. It 
Was with much regret that they faw the earth 
inoiftened v/ith it around him ; and they Were 
apprehenfive that a new wound would increafe 
that lofs. 
Scarcely had the animal breathed his laft, 
when, both old and new Hottentots, all ap- 
proached with eagernefs, in order to colledt 
the blood. With that view they cut open its 
belly, arid took out the bladder, which they . 
emptied. One of them theti applied the mouth 
of it to one of the wound while the reft 
fhook a leg of the animal to make the blood 
flow more readiiy. In a little time, to theii! 
great joy^ the bladder was filled ; and I am 
perfuaded that vnih what v/as loft they might 
have filled twenty. 
I had approached the body alfo, but wuth d 
different defign ; for my intention was only to 
meafure and examine it. The favagcs of the 
horde, accuftomed to fee fuch animals very 
often, afTured me that it was one of the largeft 
of its fpecies. I^ however, did not believe 
them ; and what induced me to doubt their 
information was, that its principal horn was 
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