WILD ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY 
greater difficulty, the brute was not to be coaxed into 
any kind of submission, but exhibited the most determined 
resistance to be touched. 
I therefore arranged to make both of her front legs 
fast by ropes attached to the bars of the den. It was 
a difficult matter to commence using the saw because 
of her obstinate determination to resist, jerking from side 
to side her head which we found almost impossible to 
hold still. After a little while she became less violent 
and I commenced with the saw to cut off a portion of 
the horn that curved backwards. Before I had cut half 
way through she by a sudden jerk snapped the saw in 
two. Having two more saws at hand the second attempt, 
I thought, would be successful, but another sudden jerk 
broke the second saw. She now made such desperate 
struggles to get free, and becoming thoroughly exhausted 
remained quiet for a few seconds, thereby allowing me to 
complete the operation. 
My pupil, the late Charles J. Andersson of Ngami 
fame, on his return from one of his hunting expeditions, 
told me of the danger of shooting a wild African 
rhinoceros. He said this ferocious beast would without 
any apparent provocation make furious charges at trees, 
rocks, or anything movable, and he, himself, narrowly 
escaped upon more than one occasion being killed by 
this powerful beast. 
This ungovernable temper is exhibited also by the 
Indian species, which I have had the opportunity on 
several occasions of witnessing, tearing its horn and skin 
in a frightful manner. During these outbursts of temper 
it would be extremely dangerous for any one to dare 
to approach it. This furious and inexplicable behaviour 
has been recorded by many sportsmen who have ventured 
to hunt this unwieldy and powerful monster. 
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