184 TWO-HORNED AFRICAN RHINOCEROS. 
against wind, and they do sometimes become 
furious, and attack their pursuers ; but the cool 
disposition of the native hunters, and their great 
agility, protects them. They allow the animal to 
rush impetuously on, and, when near, by shifting 
nimbly aside, avoid the charge, and have time, 
in their turn, to attack him, and to reload their 
muskets. They are often killed with a single 
ball, and one individual thinks it no hazard to 
act alone against them. In South Africa they 
are much esteemed as food, which Burchell agrees 
in considering excellent, much resembling beef. 
The tongue is considered the most delicate part. 
When an animal of this description is killed, the 
neighbours all flock around it, and encamp by 
its side, until they have consumed it entirely, 
being scarcely so provident as to dry any part of 
the flesh for after use. The bushmen are insati- 
able. They broil, eat, and talk, and no sooner 
have they finished one slice than they turn to 
the carcass, and cut another. According to Bruce, 
the Rhinoceros is also used as food in North 
Africa, and much esteemed by the Shangalla. 
The sole of the feet is here reckoned the part 
most fitting for the epicure. Of the skin, 
shields are sometimes made as in India, which 
are said to be capable of turning a musket 
ball ; but the most useful and common application 
