 | Morris, R.C. 1936 To Malaya for a rhinoceros. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 38 (3): 439-446, pls. 1-2 |
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| 1936, Malaya, A rhino is worth Rs. 1000 or more to the poacher, its chief value is in its horn, but every part of it possesses a definite value, including the blood, as an aphrodisiac. |
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| Franck, P.F. 1934 Rhinoceros sondaicus in West-Java. Tropische Natuur 23: 76-79 |
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| Java. Old males of the Javan rhinoceros are poached because the value of their horn and hide is still very high. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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| Rhinoceros horns are occasionally faked: I have seen a very clever imitation made of buffalo horn which defeated detection until it had been broken up. |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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| The blood and horn of the Sumatran rhinoceros have a very high medicinal value in the imagination of Chinamen, Burmans and tribesmen indigenous to Burma. One gathers that such parts of a rhinoceros have the properties of a very potent aphrodisiac. An average horn, about 8 inches in length, is w... |
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| Peacock, E.H. 1933 A game book for Burma & adjoining territories. London, H.F. and G. Witherby, pp. 1-292 |
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| 1933, Burma, An average horn, about 8 inches in length, is worth about 1000 rupees, and the blood, when dried, is valued at its own weight in silver. |
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| Hazewinkel, J.C. 1932 A rhino-hunt in Sumatra. Java Gazette 1 (5) Suppl: i-viii, figs. 1-10 |
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| Sumatra. And what about our friend Rhino ? Well, he went the way of all Rhinos, i.e. to the chemist's of the Celestial Empire, with hide and hair, to give - with more or less results -Youth and Vitality, to old sinners and patriarchs, who still refused to renounce the Pleasures of Life. The Chi... |
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| Uganda Game Department 1932 Uganda Protectorate, Game Department, Report 1931. Journal of the Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire 17: 21-27 |
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| 1931, Uganda, Revenue of ivory, rhino horns, total ?15,266. [horn not specified] |
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| Hazewinkel, J.C. 1932 A rhino-hunt in Sumatra. Java Gazette 1 (5) Suppl: i-viii, figs. 1-10 |
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| 1932, Sumatra, Horn 4000 guilders |
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| Gimlette, J.D.; Burkill, I.H. 1930 The medical book of Malayan medicine, translated by Inche' Ismail, possibly in Penang, circa 1886. Gardens Bulletin 6 (11-15): 323-474 |
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| Rhinoceros tooth (saking badak) for use in a fumigation and for ulceration of the vagina.
Take rhino tooth and burn it near her side. |
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| Dammerman, K.W. 1929 Preservation of wild life and nature reserves in the Netherlands Indies. Proceedings of the 4th Pacific Science Congress, Java 1929: 1-91, pls. 1-20 |
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| 1929, Java, one horn some hundred guilders |
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