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THE BLACK RHINOCEROS. 
[chap. XVI. 
head of one that I cut off after I had shot it. This 
two-horned black rhinoceros is extremely vicious. I 
have remarked that they almost invariably charge any 
HEAD OF BLACK RHINOCEROS. 
enemy that they smell, but do not see; they generally 
retreat if they observe the object before obtaining the 
wind. 
In my rambles in search of game, I found two 
varieties of cotton growing indigenous to the country; 
one with a yellow blossom was so short in the staple 
as to be worthless, but the other (a red blossom) pro¬ 
duced a fine quality that was detached with extreme 
ease from the seeds. A sample of this variety I brought 
to England, and deposited the seed at the Royal Bo¬ 
tanical Gardens at Kew. A large quantity was reported 
to be grown at Lira, some of which was brought me 
by the chief; this was the inferior kind. I sketched 
the old chief of Lira, who when in full dress wore a 
curious ornament of cowrie-shells upon his felt wig 
that gave him a most comical appearance, as he looked 
like the caricature of an English judge. The Turks 
