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IN AFRICA 
We fed our little pet rhino on milk and then 
swung it in a comfortable hammock made of zebra 
skin. In this more or less undignified fashion it was 
carried by eight strong porters to Fort Hall, two 
marches away, where it lived only a week or ten days 
and then, to our sorrow and regret, succumbed from 
lack of proper nourishment. 
Sometimes, when the safari is marching through 
Retiring in Favor of Rhino 
bush country, the rhino becomes an element of con¬ 
siderable anxiety. An armed party must precede 
the caravan and clear the route of rhinos, otherwise 
the porters are likely to be scattered by threatened 
charges. It is no uncommon sight to see a crowd of 
heavily laden porters drop their loads and shin up 
the nearest tree in record time. Consequently, 
strong protective measures are always demanded 
when a long train of unarmed natives is moving 
