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Hughes, J.E. 1933. Eighteen years on Lake Bangweulu. London, The Field. pp. i-xvi, 1-376.

Eighteen years on Lake Bangweulu

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Location Zambia Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

On south side of lake - 2 rhinos seen, one killed (p.35). On Bangweulu Flats, Mr Hadow shoots a male rhinoceros. Col. Blane did the same the year before.(p.193)
Kweshi - There are any number of rhino around Kweshi (p.198)
In the Bangweulu Basin the rhinos have confined themselves strictly to the stretches of forest country between the Lulimala River on the west and the Chambezi River on the east (p.229).
There are no more rhinos on north and west sides of the Bangweulu area (p.268)

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Location Zambia Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1933

Rhinos abound along all the streams, and especially up at the source of the Lumbatwa. Rhinos are plentiful round the source of the Lumbatwa. They come up from the Lunagwa valley, where they are very numerous from the Luangwa itself climbing the Michinga

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Location Zambia Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1933

Rhinos abound along all the streams, and especially up at the source of the Lumbatwa. Rhinos are plentiful round the source of the Lumbatwa. They come up from the Lunagwa valley, where they are very numerous from the Luangwa itself climbing the Michinga

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Location Zambia Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

The natives around kweshi are so afraid of them at night that when obliged to sleep in the bush, they climb up trees. The rhino will stand at the camp fire and look at them.

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Location Zambia Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

Source of Lumbatwa River, northern Zambia. Here I shot one rhino. The horns are equal in length - Keitloa is the name given to this special variety.

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Location Zambia Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

Northern Zambia. The Angoni do not eat the meat of rhinoceros, but the Awemba do.

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