TWO-HORNED AFRICAN RHINOCEROS. 185 
of it is for whips, shambohs ;* and the skin is 
always immediately cut up into strips for this 
purpose. 
The shambok is a strip three feet or more in length, of 
the hide either of a Hippopotamus or Rhinoceros, rounded 
to the thickness of a man’s finger, and tapering to the top. 
This is universally used in the Colony for a horsewhip, 
and is much more durable than the whips of European 
manufacture. This manufacture is also known in North 
Africa, and forms an article of trade, under the name of 
corbage. 
