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the vehicle from behind; for if he had struck it at the side he 
could hardly have failed to upset it, ponderous as it was. From 
the waggon he made a rush at the fire, overturning the pot we 
had placed alongside of it, and scattering the burning brands in 
every direction. Then, without doing any further damage, he 
proceeded on his wild career.” 
Cer at other him . — The Flat-lipped or White Rhinoceros (so called 
from its general pale colour) is a very different animal from those 
of which we have been treating. It grows to more than six feet 
and a half high at the withers, where there is a sort of square 
hump, and its head is a foot longer than in the Keitloa, with an 
exceedingly long anterior horn, attaining to more than four feet 
in length, whilst the hind horn is very short, not exceeding 
seven or eight inches. “ Its colour,” remarks Mr. Chapman, 
“ is of such a light neutral grey, as to look nearly as white 
as the canvas tilt of a waggon.” His fellow-traveller, Mr. 
Baines, describing a freshly-killed one, tells us that “ the skin 
was of a light pinky grey, deepening into a bluish neutral tint 
on parts of the head, neck, and legs. The limbs, shoulders, cheeks, 
and neck were marked with deep wrinkles, crossing each other so 
as to have a lozenge- shaped reticulated appearance ; but the only 
approach to a fold was a slight collar-like mark across the throat. 
The mouth was very small, and the limbs were dwarfish compared 
with the bulk of the carcass. The eyes were small and set flat 
on the side of the head, with no prominence of brow, and in such 
a position that I should doubt very much the assertion that the 
Rhinoceros can see only what is straight before it. I should 
think, on the contrary,” continues Mr. Baines, “that anything 
exactly in front would be absolutely hidden from its view.” Mr. 
Chapman estimated the weight of one of these White Rhinoceroses 
as being probably not less than 5000 lbs. 
“ The male,” he says, “ measures six feet eight inches at the 
withers, carries his head so low that the chin nearly sweeps the 
ground, is constantly swaying his head to the right and left 
when suspicious, and its calf, instead of going behind or at the 
side, always precedes the dam, and when fleeing is helped on by 
her horn or snout. The back of this animal is tolerably straight, 
the croup being as high, or even higher, than the withers. It 
moves each ear alternately backwards and forwards when excited, 
