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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra |
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Distribution - Poaching |
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Asian Rhino Species |
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In the path, from place to place, the natives had made pits 8 or 10 feet long, anbd about 3 wide and 5 or 6 deep. Each was covered over with sticks, on which dirt was laid, and any leaves were scattered over the whole so as to perfectly conceal all appearance of danger. It is so nearly of the proportions of the rhinoceros, for whom it is made, and so deep, and the clay in which it is made is so slippery, that he generally fails to extricate himself, and the natives then dispatch him with their spears.
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Travels in the East Indian Archipelago
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