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with some one’s clothes-line, or its being engaged for a sheet and pillow-case 
party. The deep black of the rest of the body renders the contrast quite 
startling. It has no mane, but triumphs over its American congener by pos¬ 
sessing a much longer proboscis, as well as in size. It is not a swimmer. 
The White Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros simus ) is nocturnal in its habits, about 
six and a half feet in length, acute of hearing, keen-scented, near-sighted. Its 
speed, when hurried, is greater than a man’s and less than a horse’s. It wears 
two horns, of which the front one is straight, flat, and from a foot and a half 
to four feet in 
length, while 
the posterior 
one is much 
shorter. It is 
one of two 
white species, 
is larger than 
the black spe¬ 
cies, has an 
elongated head, 
the muzzle of 
which, how¬ 
ever, is square. 
It is patient 
even when at¬ 
tacked, unless 
it has young 
to protect. On 
one such occa¬ 
sion a rhino¬ 
ceros turned, 
thrust its horns 
into the belly 
of a horse, and 
having thrown 
it off of its feet 
retreated with- 
o n’t attacking 
the hunter. It 
has Africa as 
its habitat. 
The i Long¬ 
horned White Rhinoceros (.Rhinoceros oswellii ) is rare, and is found only far 
in the interior of Africa. The front horn is curved forward, so as to enable 
it the better to tear up the ground, an exercise in which it often indulges. It is 
sufficiently long for manufacture into various weapons and walking canes. 
Though the rhinoceros may be found in company with others, this association 
is purely accidental, as it is in no sense gregarious. 
The Keitloa, Equal-homed, or Blue Rhinoceros (.Rhinoceros keitloa ), 
though smaller than the white, charges an enemy without waiting to be attacked. 
