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ON SAFARI 
had first called the watchman’s attention to the rhino, 
by whinnying and straining on the picket-ropes. There 
can be no doubt this was the same rhino we had run into 
earlier in the evening; for this is not a “ rhino country,” 
and there was no spoor or “ sign ” of their presence. 
This beast had been travelling along the lake-shore 
when Mabruki’s shot turned him back at 8 p.m., but 
by 12.30 p.m., midnight, he was back again—probably 
in bad humour—and this time almost into our camp ! 
SACRED IBIS. 
Here are put down for comparison the measurements 
of this and of another big rhino bull that I shot 
subsequently at Simba— 
Two Rhino Bulls. 
Length over-all, snout to tip- 
tail .... 
Height at shoulder (straight) 
Girth „ ,, 
Circumference head (behind 
2nd horn) 
„ front horn at 
base . 
,, rear horn at 
base . 
Length of front horn . 
(1) Elmenteita. 
12 ft. 8 ins. 
5 ft. 7 ins. 
9 ft. 0 ins. 
4 ft. 4 ins. 
2 ft. 2J ins. 
1 ft. 5J ins. 
2 ft. 41 ins. 
(2) Simba. 
12 ft. 7 ins. 
4 ft. 6J ins. 
7 ft. 9J ins. 
1 ffc. 9 ins. 
1 ft. 4J ins. 
1 ft. 5f ins. 
A few days later I heard, for the third time, the 
