THE RHINOCEROS 
REMOVING RHINOCEROS 
Havmg resolved on a certain day in October 1865 to 
remove for the winter months the two young rhinoceroses 
to the house next to the Elands, I arranged the night 
before with the keepers to muster at six o’clock the 
following morning. 
Dr. Corrigan, the Director and President of the Dublin 
Gardens, was in London at the time, and as he had also 
received a male rhinoceros, which was brought to England 
at the same time as our pair, he was, I knew, interested 
in and would like to witness any operations connected 
with them, in order that he might get a hint for his 
own future guidance. I therefore informed him that if 
he wished to be present at the removal I should be glad 
to see him. 
At the appointed time all was ready. One of the 
animals had a strong leather collar on, the other a 
collar made of strong, thick, soft rope, round the neck ; 
to these collars were tied two strong ropes, one on each 
side of the animal. The men were divided so as to take 
charge of the ropes attached to the collars, there being 
about twelve men to each beast, and one or two others 
to assist in leading, or attending to other matters, such 
as opening or closing gates, keeping the way clear, etc. 
One keeper was to lead off with a bundle of new hay 
on his back, in the expectation that as the brutes were 
hungry they would, perhaps, follow him at once. The 
ropes fast, the men arranged and the gates opened, the 
animals came out at a nice easy trot ; seeing the crowd 
of men they suddenly turned round and plunged about. 
This caused a great commotion, at the same time some 
of the ropes getting slack became entangled with the 
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