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were intently gazing in our direction, with foolish and 
bewildered solemnity ; and there we left them, survivors 
from a long 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 off. 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, Kermit 
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 R jcky 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 
