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vanished world, standing alone in the parched desolation 
of the wilderness. 
On another day Kermit saw ten rhino, none with more 
than ordinary horns. Five of them were in one party, and 
were much agitated by the approach of the men; they ran 
to and fro, their tails twisted into the usual pig-like curl, 
and from sheer nervous stupidity bade fair at one time to 
force the hunters to fire in self-defence. Finally, however, 
they all ran oflf. In the case of a couple of others a curious 
incident happened. When alarmed they failed to make 
out where the* danger lay, and after running away a short 
distance they returned to a bush near by to look about. 
One remained standing, but the other deliberately sat 
down upon its haunches like a dog, staring ahead, Ker¬ 
mit meanwhile being busy with his camera. Two or three 
times I saw rhino, when roused from sleep, thus sit up on 
their haunches and look around before rising on all four 
legs; but this was the only time that any of us saw a rhino 
which was already standing assume such a position. No 
other kind of heavy game has this habit; and indeed, so 
far as I know, only one other hoofed animal, the white goat 
of the northern Rocky Mountains. In the case of the 
white goat, however, the attitude is far more often assumed, 
and in more extreme form; it is one of the characteristic 
traits of the queer goat-antelope, so many of whose ways 
and looks are peculiar to itself alone. 
From the lily pond camp we went back to our camp 
outside Sururu’s village. This was a very pleasant camp 
because while there, although the heat was intense in the 
daytime, the nights were cool and there were no mosquitoes. 
During our stay in the Lado it was generally necessary 
