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looks terrifying, but in reality is probably badly 
terrified himself. He would give a good deal to 
know which way to run, and finally becomes so ex¬ 
cited and nervous that he starts frantically in some 
direction, hoping for the best. If this rush happens 
to be in your direction you call it a charge from an 
infuriated rhino; if not, you say that he looked 
nasty and was about to charge, but finally ran away 
in another direction. In most rhino charges it is 
Trying to Provoke a Charge 
my opinion that the rhino is too rattled to know 
what he is doing, and, instead of charging mali¬ 
ciously, he is merely trying to get away as fast as 
possible. And in such cases the hunter blazes away 
at him, wounds him, and the rhino blindly charges 
the flash. 
It was our wish to get moving pictures of a rhino 
charge. Mr. Akeley had a machine and our plan 
of action was simple. We would first locate the 
rhino, usually somnolent under a thorn tree or 
browsing soberly out in the open. We would then 
