HUNTING ON LAKE SOLAI 
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nosiest bird in Africa—sprang from an intervening 
marshy patch, rending the air with shrillest and most 
persistent vociferations. All Nature seemed to join 
in common warning, yet no heed did those rhinos 
take. 
They stood side by side, the nearer beast (which was 
the larger of the two) covering the head, neck and part- 
SLEEPING BEAUTIES. 
shoulder of the one beyond, while the trunk of the 
sheltering mimosa concealed from view both the central 
pairs of legs—conveying an absurd appearance of but a 
single animal, and that about eight yards long ! We 
had crawled in to a thin tree about fifty yards away, and 
W-, who fired first, placed his ball on the shoulder of 
the nearer beast, while I, instantly thereafter, directed 
mine as far forward as was visible of his companion. At 
the shots, both rhinos whipped round, with snorts and 
amazing agility, and for several seconds, being at such 
