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Jacolliot 1887

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Au pays du rhinoceros. La lance d’Abula pénetra dans l’oeil du rhinocéros. (Pag. 388, col. 1)

Rhino killed by riding on horse who penetrates the animal’s eyes with a spear. Signed (?) Castelle

Although the story is set in Ethiopia, the rhinos in the image are distinctly one-horned.

From: Jacolliot, L. 1887. Au pays du rhinoceros (Abyssinie). Journal des Voyages Nos. 519 and 520: 386-388, 407-411.

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