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and the ears, when thrown forward, turn as if on a pivot, so 
as to bring the orifice innermost. In the other African Rhino- 
ceroses the two ears are moved together, and not alternately. The 
ears are pointed or tufted.” 
This animal is of a comparatively mild and gentle disposition ; 
and, unless in defence of its young, or when hotly pursued, or 
wounded, will very rarely attack a man. “ It is gregarious in 
families,” remarks Mr. Chapman, “ the individuals comprising 
which are greatly attached to each other ; and it utters a long 
sound, and not such a startling, whistling snort as the Borele 
does. It is an indolent creature, and becomes exceedingly fat by 
eating grass only.” Elsewhere, he remarks of a herd of eight 
which he observed at a drinking place — “ The Rhinoceroses, all 
of which were of the white kind, occupied each twelve minutes to 
drink their fill, after which they wallow in the mud, or else go to 
their regular sleeping-places. At these their dung is found ac- 
cumulated sometimes to the amount of a ton or more. They like 
the warmth of the manure to lie in. The sounds emitted by these 
animals is something like the coughing of a Horse, and when in 
distress, a stifled asthmatic cry; when in pain they squeal like a 
storm- whistle.” According to Gordon Gumming, and others, 
their flesh is excellent, and even preferable to beef. The speed of 
this species is very inferior to that of the others, so that a person 
well mounted can easily overtake and shoot them. 
In old individuals of the White Rhinoceroses, having exceedingly 
long and heavy anterior horns, the latter hang over much 
forward ; and such have been supposed to exemplify a peculiar 
species, for which the name of C. Oswettii has been proposed. 
They are also designated Kobaha in the interior of South Africa. 
Mr. Chapman writes : — “ I believe that wherever guns are to be 
found at present, the White Rhinoceros is not allowed to reach 
its prime, and will soon be extinct. In newly-opened countries 
we always find long-horned Rhinoceroses at first. These are 
selected and shot by every new comer for their long horns. I 
have never found a person yet who could conscientiously say that 
he had seen a young or middle-aged Kobaha that was distinguished 
from a Mohogu — not even a Bechuana or Bushman.” That 
traveller, however, nevertheless believes in the existence of a 
second species of flat-lipped and grass- eating African Rhinoceros, 
