howeverj after the beast had run forty or fifty paces, 
party, more courageous than the rest, instantly fired, 
he suddenly stopped short, and looked round. The 
and, as good luck would have it, brought the animal to 
favourable opportunity was not lost ; for one of the 
the gi'oimd with his terror-stricken rider clinging to 
Fig. 70. 
Burchell’s Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros simus). 
his back.” The same distinguished traveller remarks, 
aster of the Cape Colonists ; being also termed the 
that when the Ehinoceros is shot, it usually falls for- 
Chicore by the Matabili and Monoohoo by the Bechu- 
ward on the knees, and not on its sides — a result which 
anas (fig. 70). It is distinguished from the foregoing. 
seems explicable from the great breadth of the body 
not merely by the pale whitish-brown colour of the 
combined with shortness of the limbs. The Gargatan 
■ hide, but more particularly by the remarkable elonga- 
feeds on the shoots, roots, and young branches of the 
tion of the head, which measuring about four feet from 
wait-a-bit thorn. 
the muzzle to the ears, nearly equals one-third of the 
SLOAN’S KHINOCEEOS {Rhinoceros Keitloa) is better 
entire length of the body ! It is also further charac- 
known as the Keitloa, and easily distinguished by 
terized by a much greater bulk and size, as compared 
its horns, which are nearly of equal length ; the anterior 
with the above ; the nose being likewise square-shaped. 
horn being cylindrical, and curved backwards near 
The full-grown anterior horn is three feet in length, 
the tip ; the other compressed and almost straight 
sharp at the point, and curved backwards. The dis- 
throughout. The hide exhibits a brownish-yellow 
position of this species is comparatively mild ; and. 
colour, pretty closely resembling the above ; but there 
unlike that of its black congeners, its food consists 
is a black mark on the inside of the thigh. Both 
entirely of grasses. 
these species are commonly termed “black,” in contra- 
OSWELL’S EHINOCEEOS {Rhinoceros Osioellii) was. 
distinction to the two succeeding white species. The 
in the first instance, scientifically indicated as a distinct 
Keitloa is an extremely morose, sulky, and savage 
species by Dr. J. E. Gray of the British Museum. By 
beast, and when wounded becomes perfectly maddened 
the Bechuanas it is termed the Kohaaha. In point 
with rage. Mr. Andersson nearly lost his life by the 
of size and general appearance, this animal closely 
repeated attacks of a female, whose leg he had broken 
resembles the foregoing ; but, observes Mr. Andersson, 
by a shot. One of her horns ripped up his right thigh 
“ it is with regard to their horns that the two species 
from near the knee to the hip ; and having sustained 
chiefly differ from each other ; for whilst the anterior 
at the same time severe bruises and internal injuiy, his 
horn of the monoohoo has an average length of two or 
ultimate recovery was only effected after prolonged 
three feet, curving backward, that of the Kobaaba not 
and painful suffering. The Keitloa is very swift of 
unfre(iuently exceeds four feet, and is slightly pointed 
foot. Notwithstanding their apparent ungainliness. 
forward, inclining from the snout at an angle of forty- 
all the rhinoceroses possess the power of rapid pro- 
five degrees. This rhinoceros is also the rarer of the 
gression to a greater or less extent. 
two, and is only found in the more interior parts of 
BUECHELL’S EHINOCEEOS {Rhinoceros sirnus) is 
South Africa.” The posterior horn is about a foot long. 
known as the White Ehinoceros, or the Witte Rhin- 
short, conical, broad at the base, and narrow at the 
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