RHINOCEROS. 
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cannon shot, and fall about him in all directions. 
Others that are more pliable, greener, or fuller of 
sap, are bent back by his weight and the velocity 
of his motion ; and, after he has passed, restoring 
themselves like a green branch to their natural po- 
sition, they sweep the incautious pursuer and his 
horse from the ground, and dash them in pieces 
against the surrounding trees,” 
This gentleman proceeds to say, that the rhino- 
ceros seldom turns his head, and therefore sees no- 
thing but what is before him ; that it is to this he 
owes his death, from which he can never escape, 
if there is sufficient room for the horse to get be- 
fore him. i( His pride and fury then make him 
lay aside all thoughts of escaping but by victory 
over his enemy. He stands for a moment at bay, 
then at a start runs straight forward at the horse, 
like the wild boar, whom in his manner of action 
he very much resembles. The horse easily avoids 
him, by turning short aside, and this is the fatal in- 
stant : the naked man, with his sword, drops from 
behind the principal horseman, and, unseen by the 
rhinoceros, who is seeking his enemy, the horse, 
gives him a stroke across the tendon of the heel, 
which renders him incapable of further flight or re- 
sistance.” 
The method of hunting the rhinoceros in Abyssi- 
nia is thus described by Mr. Bruce : “ The next 
morning we were on horseback by the dawn of 
day, in search of the rhinoceros, many of which 
we had heard make a very deep groan and cry as 
