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osity. When one rhino comes within ken of another the 
meeting always betrays bewilderment and incipient defiance 
on the part of both. Apparently the first suggestion that 
another rhinoceros is in the neighborhood always arouses 
suspicion and potential resentment in the bosom of the rhi¬ 
noceros to which the suggestion comes. Usually the rhino 
which has heard, smelt, or dimly seen another trots toward 
it quickly and then stands motionless for some minutes 
close to it, in the effort to decide whether to adopt an atti¬ 
tude of indifference or hostility—indifference almost always 
carrying the day. They are silent beasts, but very rarely 
utter a kind of squeal or squeak, apparently when courting. 
They utter a shrill and long, often a steam-whistle scream 
when dying; and they make a succession of puffs or snorts 
while charging or even when only startled. 
The recognized presence of men rouses in the rhinoceros 
several emotions, which in the order of their intensity we 
should put as bewilderment, fear, dull curiosity, and trucu¬ 
lence. If the men are merely seen, usually the only emo¬ 
tions aroused are bewilderment and curiosity; if smelt, fear 
is the usual result; but in a certain number of cases even the 
sight or the smell of men arouses senseless rage. Some 
rhinos are always cross and evil-tempered; but many others 
which are normally good-natured now and then have fits of 
berserker fury. Anything conspicuous which arouses their 
interest may also arouse their hostility. White has an evil 
attraction for them. Our friends the McMillans, while 
travelling through a rhino country, found that the two white 
horses of their cavalcade were so frequently charged that 
they finally painted them khaki-color. We have never seen 
them charge other game, and gazelles and hartebeests feed 
