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desirous to know the event of their meeting, 
and I concealed myself for the purpose. 
After waiting for rather more than an hour 
in my lurking-place, without either seeing 
any of them or hearing any noise from the 
quarter where they lay, I began to despair 
of having my curiosity in the least gratified. 
At length I perceived a rhinoceros of un- 
common magnitude approach the wood. 
He stood motionless for about five minutes, 
when he arrived at a small distance from 
the thicket, then tossed up his nose, and at 
last scented the animals that lay concealed. 
In an instant I saw him dart into the wood, 
and in the space of about five minutes after- 
wards I observed all the lions scamper away 
in different directions, and apparently in 
the greatest consternation. The rhinoceros 
beat about the wood in pursuit of his ene- 
mies for a considerable time ; but not find- 
ing any, he broke cover at last, and appeared 
on the plain. He then looked around him, 
and, enraged at his disappointment, began 
tearing up the earth, and discovered every 
sign of madness and desperation. I re- 
