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Kandt, R. 1904. Caput Nili: eine empfindsame Reise zu den Quellen des Nils. Berlin, Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Dohsen). pp. i-xvi, 1-538.

Caput Nili: eine empfindsame Reise zu den Quellen des Nils

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Location Tanzania Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

Karagwe, an uninhabited region. An enormous grazing place for numerous rhinos. Nowhere did we encounter these fat creatures in such numbers as on this highland.

Note
Location Tanzania Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

The hunters of Karagwe try to kill it in pits, and more commonly with a kind of guillotine, that is a spear put in a heavy log or treetrunk, which is attached to a tree and which is released when the animal trips on the rope.

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