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IN AFRICA 
be had in Africa. The conscience of one who slays 
a rhino is somewhat appeased by the fact that a 
hundred native porters will have a good square 
meal of wholesome meat to help build up their sys¬ 
tems. 
Our expedition sustained only one real rhino 
charge. One day Mr. Stephenson stumbled on a 
big cow rhino that was lying in the grass. The 
A Real Rhino Charge 
meeting was as unexpected to him as to her, and 
before he could count five she was rushing headlong 
toward him. He clapped his hands, whistled, and 
shouted to turn her course, but she came on, snort¬ 
ing loudly and with head ready to impale every¬ 
thing in its way. Stephenson did not want to kill 
her, neither did he desire to be killed, so when all 
other means had failed he fired a soft nose bullet 
into her shoulder in the hope that it would turn her 
