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very close quarters, matters became lively enough till 
another shot dropped the bull with a broken hind-leg. 
The cow-rhino meanwhile made a determined dash 
as though to get round under our wind, circling back on 
the left at a ponderous gallop, and hidden by intervening 
bush and clumps of tall grass. She, however, gave the 
situation away by her snorting and the crashing of brush¬ 
wood. Running in that direction, I got a momentary 
glimpse of her between two tall grass-clumps, looking 
THOROUGHLY NASTY.” 
thoroughly nasty, with head carried high and tail stand¬ 
ing erect. So threatening appeared this rush that (as 
she was already within short distance of the wind) it 
was necessary to take some risks, and at the next opening 
in the bush I gave her a quick shot which fortunately 
sent her headlong to earth. The *450-solid struck the 
top of the shoulder, smashing the spine, and she dropped 
in an upright position. The two rhinos lay dead within 
some eighty yards of each other. 
The third rhino, which, though nearly full-grown, 
was probably the produce of this pair, showed up outside 
