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Blane, W. 1788. An account of the hunting excursions of Asoph ul Doulah, visier of the Mogul Empire, and Nabob of Oude, in 1785 and 1786. London, John Stockdale. pp. 1-19.

An account of the hunting excursions of Asoph ul Doulah, visier of the Mogul Empire, and Nabob of Oude, in 1785 and 1786

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Blane, W., 1788. An account of the hunting excursions of Asoph ul Doulah, visier of the Mogul Empire, and Nabob of Oude, in 1785 and 1786. London, John Stockdale, pp. 1-19

I have never seeni the rhinoceros hunted, although there are many of them on the route the Nabob goes; but they generally keep to the thick forests where it is impossible to follow them. When they can be got at, they are pursued upon elephants and shot; but it is both more difficult and dangerous than any other sport, for even the elephant is not safe against him;' for if he charges an elephant and rips him with his horn, he generally kills him on the spot; and except his eyes or temples, and a small part of his breast before the shoulder, he is invulnerable to the largest musquet ball in every other part of his body.

Asaf-Ud-Daula (1748-1797) was the Nawab Wazir of Oudh 1775-1797.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asaf-Ud-Dowlah

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