CURIOUS MISADVENTURE OF A RHINO. 
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also told us a personal visit would entail delay, an 
additional reason for dispensing with the formality, as 
we were even more anxious to economise our time than 
our cloth. 
During this day, which resulted in a bag of five 
rhino and one Granti, a curious sight was witnessed 
by B-. He had come upon two rhino and wounded 
one severely, whereupon the companion attacked it with 
great fury and finally knocked it over. The poor creature 
remained where it fell, with all four legs fighting the 
air, and B- thought the coup cle grace had been 
given in a way for which he was not responsible ; hut 
after a number of violent struggles it regained its feet, 
the simulated death-throes resulting from its havino; 
been cast and wedged between two small trees. 
During the next day’s sport the game had all the 
best of it. We started out in pairs, as the Masai were 
reported to be on their way to demand Kongo (black¬ 
mail), and in strong force at Kimengelia, some four 
hours’ march north of our camp. I only obtained one 
Granti, shot from the left shoulder, as my right was 
too bruised and painful from the effects of the double 
discharge of the previous day. B-secured a rhino, 
but neither of us got within fair range of the game, as 
the ground was much disturbed by parties of natives 
visiting the numerous game-pits and cutting grass 
for their cattle. We saw zebra, hartebeest, wart-hog, 
giraffe, and some moderate rhinos, but all were more 
or less on the move. 
During the night I had a rather sharp attack of 
